The rhythms of nature The poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” by Walt Whitman was set on an evening ferry ride from Manhattan to Brooklyn in the 1860, and during that period, the only transportation is boat. Many businessmen in expensive clothes, women, and workers was rushing for returning home after a long day work. Throughout this poetry, the author expressed the feeling that many people in general was experiencing the same just like others and kept repeating what had been done for the day. He said in the first section, “Flood- tide below me! I watch you face to face; Clouds of the west! Sun there half an hour high! I see you also face to face” (1). He stated that the boat was riding very fast as most people wanted to be home quickly and also the sun was set in the west which he marked the “cloud of the west” (1). In fact, Whitman took this poem to illustrate the people repetition of life routine. …show more content…
Accord to this, he seemed to communicated with the reader that he was the same as them and trying to draw people’s attention into his own experience. Other than that, it significant that people were doing the same things over and over again throughout their life time. Meanwhile, he explored the view on the ferry, “I saw them high in the air, floating with motionless wings, oscillating their bodies” (1). We could imagine a lot of creatures such as see gulls flying, and those revealed the symbol of freedom could have distracted us, which can make our hard feelings away during a day. Thus, his description of the nature led people to be aware of even though life couldn’t be perfect as people wish, but still we can fulfill our satisfied life. We tend to live simple and which made us became tired of our repetitive