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A Noiseless Patient Spider Essay

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The poem “A noiseless, patient spider” written by Walt Whitman is a poem centered around the theme of loneliness as well as other important themes that can be seen in his poem. The themes found in this poem are linkable to the themes found in the writing of other romanticist writers who relate about self-being and other human qualities.
“Mark’d where, on a little promontory, it stood isolated; Mark’d how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding”. This quote shows the feeling and theme of loneliness by using a repetition of words “vacant, vast” which expresses a feeling of complete isolation. Powerful word choice and effective language such as “isolated”, “vast surroundings” is used to further strengthen the theme. “And you, O my soul, where you stand, Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space”. This quote further strengthens the theme present in the poem also by using repetition and word choice “measureless oceans of space”. …show more content…

This theme can be easily picked up by the reader as it is present in many parts of the poem even though not explicitly stated. “And you, O my Soul, where you stand, Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space”. Even though this sentence expresses primarily the theme of loneliness, the metaphor in this sentence, “O my Soul, where you stand, Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space”, and the repetition,” Surrounded, surrounded”, help the reader get a feeling of patience coming from the side of the spider. “Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing- seeking the spheres to connect them”. This is another quote that uses the listing of actions to create a feeling of the patience of the spider in doing his

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