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Respond thoughtfully and comprehensively using textual evidence at least 3 separate times (and on 3 separate poems) on the Leaves of Grass Blog, commenting specifically as to how Whitman’s verse is connected to Coelho’s idea of “Soul of the World” in The Alchemist. Make sure you identify the poem you are using to convey your ideas. Additionally, you must respond thoughtfully to two other people's posts as well. In all, you will have 5 separate posts. All posts must be a minimum of 50 words. Due by 5 May for all classes.
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Emily Shaw
4/25/2016 07:13:26 am
In "To Think of Time", Walt Whitman explores the idea of perfection using real life examples, that are eternal and diffused throughout nature and the people in the world. Not only one thing is perfect, in his opinion, but all things relating to it as well. That is represented through this quote, "What is called good is perfect, and what is called bad is just as perfect, The vegetables and minerals are all perfect, and the imponderable fluids are perfect; Slowly and surely they have pass’d on to this, and slowly and surely they yet pass on." (111-113).
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Caitlyn Dowdy
4/25/2016 07:45:13 am
I agree with the quote you chose, it does connect to the idea of the "soul of the world" by conveying the idea that everything is perfect, it is how it should be. The pure "spirit" of nature is in everything.
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MS. Davis
4/26/2016 10:41:29 am
Your comment does not meet word count and lacks textual evidence. Please resubmit.
Amber Seward
4/26/2016 06:47:18 am
I believe you chose the right quote for your explanation of examples that can be used to to help describe the "soul of the world". The quote also helps compare Whitman's idea pf "soul of the world" with Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist.
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Ms. Davis
4/26/2016 10:43:05 am
Your comment does not meet word count and lacks textual evidence. Please resubmit..
Amber Seward
5/5/2016 06:51:51 am
The quote that you used in your comment, ""What is called good is perfect, and what is called bad is just as perfect, The vegetables and minerals are all perfect, and the imponderable fluids are perfect; Slowly and surely they have pass’d on to this, and slowly and surely they yet pass on.". I feel that you chose the right quote for your point.
Evan Cord
5/5/2016 07:22:38 pm
I agree with this assessment on "To think of Time". He clearly sees every living object or nonliving object as of the same value, or as equal in value but different in appearance. This may be due to the fact that they all return to the Soul of the World, or are still connected to it in a base form. This is specifically seen in the lines ""What is called good is perfect, and what is called bad is just as perfect..."
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Amber Seward
4/25/2016 07:13:43 am
In Walt Whitman's poem, "To think of Time" Whitman conveys the idea that relates to Paulo Coelho's novel, "The Alchemist", the "soul of the world". In the poem, "To think of Time" the audience can understand Whitman's verse with,"I swear I think now that everything without exception has an eternal Soul!". This line helps the audience see how Whitman believes that everything in the world has its place.
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Emily Shaw
4/26/2016 06:46:48 am
I agree with the quote you had used, for it had conveyed the 'pure ethereal spirit dispersed across all nature'. As you had mentioned; Walt Whitman had described how everything had it's place. Everything in the world is connected in one way or another.
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Ms. Davis
4/26/2016 10:44:21 am
Your comment does not meet word count and lacks textual evidence; please resubmit
Emily Shaw
5/1/2016 12:49:55 pm
I agree with the quote you had used, for it had conveyed the 'pure ethereal spirit dispersed across all nature'. As you had mentioned; Walt Whitman had described how everything had it's place. Everything in the world is connected in one way or another. Through the quote you had used; "I swear I think now that everything without exception has an eternal Soul!", the theme presented had been accurately and exquisitely explained.
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Alexandra Labaisse
5/5/2016 07:07:45 am
I fully agree with your comment, as well as the quote you used. It really gets down to the point about the poem's statements that everything has a place in this world: "What is called good is perfect, and what is called bad is just as perfect,/ The vegetables and minerals are all perfect, and the imponderable fluids are perfect;".
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Caitlyn Dowdy
4/25/2016 07:36:46 am
In the poem "A Passage to India" by Walt Whitman, he conveys an idea of a spirit of nature, similar to that of "soul of the world" from Paulo Coelho's novel, "The Alchemist". He describes the fables, legends, and spirit: "The far-darting beams of the spirit, the unloos’d dreams,
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Caitlyn Dowdy
4/25/2016 07:36:59 am
In the poem "A Passage to India" by Walt Whitman, he conveys an idea of a spirit of nature, similar to that of "soul of the world" from Paulo Coelho's novel, "The Alchemist". He describes the fables, legends, and spirit: "The far-darting beams of the spirit, the unloos’d dreams,
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Amber Seward
4/26/2016 06:54:36 am
I like your quote but I feel that you could have a better explanation because your explanation weakly explains how your quote conveys the idea of the "soul of the world" between Whitman and Paulo Coelho. Your quote from "A Passage of India" does convey the idea of the "soul of the world" because it describes how one's religion and way of life takes affect on the world.
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Ms. Davis
4/26/2016 10:45:02 am
Your response lacks textual evidence, please resubmit.
Amber Seward
5/5/2016 06:48:23 am
I like your quote, ""The far-darting beams of the spirit, the unloos’d dreams,/The deep diving bibles and legends,/The daring plots of the poets, the elder religions;/ O you temples fairer than lilies, pour’d over by the rising sun!" because it helps identify the meanng behind your point.
Rachel Riley
4/26/2016 10:46:12 am
I like your use of the quote from the poem,"A Passage to India". Although I faintly understand what you are saying in your comparison, I feel as though you could of furthered your explanation on what you were trying to say. I agree with your idea that Whitman conveys an idea of a connection with nature and soul.
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Felix Bohn
5/5/2016 09:12:33 am
I agree with with your quote that says "the far darting beams of spirit" this shows that the soul is the spirit and that the spirit is everywhere around us. I also agree that the poem conveys a pure feeling of nature and these lands and that time and legend had made them this way.
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Joseph Mayfield
4/25/2016 07:46:29 am
In the poem "I Sing the Body Electric," by Walt Whitman, he examines much about the nature and state of someone's body. He explains that if someone lets their body wither and become frail, then they are a fool to do so. It explains this in the poem, "Have you seen the fool that corrupted his own live body? Or the fool that corrupted her own live body? For they do not conceal themselves, and cannot conceal themselves." This is a very large point, especially in the world that we live in today.
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Caitlyn Dowdy
4/25/2016 07:56:51 am
I agree that is does still connect with our world today, lots of people do not respect and treat their body the way it should be, but I also believe that the inspiration of this poem came from slavery. He talked about people selling other people's bodies or doing wrong by other people's bodies. It's interesting that it still pertains to today's society.
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Ms. Davis
4/26/2016 10:45:42 am
Your response lacks textual evidence; please edit and resubmit.
Caitlyn Dowdy
4/25/2016 07:54:02 am
The idea of "the soul of the world" that was conveyed by Coelho in "The Alchemist" is present in the poem "I Sing the Body Electric" by Walt Whitman. He describes every person as being perfect the way that they are. Every characteristic, every flaw, everything is how it should be. Mankind is powered by the "spirit" of nature, it is pure and ethereal: "All attitudes, all the shapeliness, all the belongings of my or your body, or of any one’s body, male or female,
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Joseph Mayfield
4/26/2016 07:25:06 am
I highly agree with your statement in that everyone has their own purpose in life, and everyone is equally important. I also agree with the quote you have chosen since it was the most appropriate quote to bring out the point.
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Ms. Davis
4/26/2016 10:46:35 am
Your comment does not meet word count and lacks text evidence; please resubmit.
Joseph Mayfield
4/25/2016 07:55:24 am
In Walt Whitman's poem, 'To Think of Time," he goes much into depth of the meaning of life. He explains very well that everyone has a purpose, and everyone is important. He best shows this by explaining, "The great masters and kosmos are well as they go—the heroes and good-doers are well, The known leaders and inventors, and the rich owners and pious and distinguish’d, may be well,
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Emily Shaw
5/1/2016 01:07:47 pm
I completely agree with the point you are trying to prove, relating to Coelho's idea of 'Soul of the World'. It perfectly describes how everyone belongs somewhere, regardless of it's identity, gender, race, or belongings. How Whitman believes everything has it's place can be shown through this quote; "To think that the sun rose in the east! that men and women were flexible, / real, alive! that everything was alive! / To think that you and I did not see, feel, think, nor bear our part! / To think that we are now here, and bear our part!"(8-11). Also it can be shown through your own, which was very well chosen. Kudos.
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Ezekiel Holmes
5/4/2016 02:05:18 pm
I agree with your choice of words to describe Whitman's idea of life that pertain to "Coelho's idea of "Soul of the World". In "To Think Of Time",Whitman does uses text to describe the lives of everybody and their purpose, like Harold Crick in the movie "Stranger Than Fiction" and how he found his purpose in life. Everybody has a purpose in life they just have to find it.
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Joseph Mayfield
4/25/2016 08:01:56 am
In the poem, "A Passage to India," written by Walt Whitman, Walt does his best to praise the people who seek many pleasures in life. These pleasures are such as travel, adventure, and exploration. This can best be shown in one of the last stanzas, "A worship new I sing,
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Nickolas Pagan
5/4/2016 07:30:57 pm
Your quote matches well with the gist you got from the poem. Travel, adventure, and exploration can clearly be seen with the multiple vocations and careers shown in the quote. For every single occupation has its own challenges, and can be seen as adventures in their own right.
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Evan Cord
5/5/2016 07:32:20 pm
True, in "A Passage to India" he does praise those who seek many pleasures in life. However, this is because he sees one's life as limited, as all things return to Coelho’s idea of “Soul of the World” in The Alchemist. This can be represented in the line "The earth to be spann’d, connected by network".
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Alexandra Labaisse
4/25/2016 10:56:26 am
The poem "To Think of Time" by Walt Whitman has a remarkable connection to Coelho's idea of the "Soul of the World". For example, the Soul has a pure, perfect quality to it, and thus, Whitman writes that everything is perfect in its own way: "How beautiful and perfect are the animals!/ How perfect the earth, and the minutest thing upon it!/ What is called good is perfect, and what is called bad is just as perfect,/ The vegetables and minerals are all perfect, and the imponderable fluids are perfect;/ Slowly and surely they have pass’d on to this, and slowly and surely they yet pass on.".
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Jared Pierce
4/25/2016 11:09:12 am
In the poem "Time to Come", Whitman writes, "But where, O, Nature, where shall be/The soul’s abiding place?" (19-20) Whitman poses the question of, is there somewhere our soul goes when we die. This can be related to Coelho's idea of "Soul of the World" in the sense that when everything dies, do they just die or is there somewhere we go after death.
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Gerrick McKinney
5/4/2016 10:39:53 am
I agree wholly with your thoughts on Whitman's relation to "Soul of the World" through his poem "Time to Come". I can see the relation that translated from Whitman's "Time to Come" to "Soul of the World" because they both have the message of multiple things corresponding to a single "body".
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Rachel Riley
4/25/2016 11:12:42 am
In "a Passage to India" by Walt Whitman, Whitman conveys an image and idea that the nature and beauty of India is what makes it so powerful and intriguing. This is relating to Coelho's idea on "soul of the world". Coelho's idea states that the earth is one soul and all of the nature and beings on earth is what helps create the soul. In Whitman's poem he is describing India's beauty, the buildings and nature and how the aesthetics of India is what makes it so breathtaking.
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John Jae Banag
5/5/2016 05:02:08 pm
Rachel, I highly agree with what you stated about the relationship between Whitman's image on India and Coelho's idea on "Soul of the World". Though I suggest for you to add textual evidence to greatly express your thought. Nonetheless, it was very insightful between these two topics, being able to describe the relation of the two.
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Jacob Wang
4/25/2016 11:14:44 am
Walt Whitman's poem "Time to Come" is easily relatable to the idea in the alchemist of "Soul of the World". In the poem Whitman writes "But where, O, Nature, where shall be / The soul’s abiding place?" (19-20). This relates to the soul of the world as in where is our souls place in the world after death. In the description of the soul of the world Coelho suggest that the world is one soul that has been spread throughout the world. This suggest that our souls will have a place after death in the world even though Whitman is unsure about this subject.
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Jonas Collazo
4/26/2016 07:00:02 am
Jacob, you are right about what Walt Whitman is stating. Whitman also writes, "This brain, and heart, and wondrous form/Must all alike decay." Basically stating that all humans will die and rot the same, since it is an inevitable fact. One human does not rot differently compared to another human. The circumstances of our death may be different but the fact that we still died remains the same.
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Allison Phillips
5/4/2016 10:38:46 am
Jacob, I agree with this statement, especially with another quote that goes with how the soul is after death, as whitman says, "its light / Must shine till from the body torn" (21-22). This says that the soul still has to go on, despite having no vessel to remain in. Thus, the soul of the world is expressed, for the soul must go somewhere.
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Kweku Agyepong
4/25/2016 11:15:13 am
In the poem "Time to Come" by Walt Whitman, Whitman discuses the topic of whether there is an afterlife after death. Whitman connects the idea of where a person soul goes to Coelho's idea of the "Soul of the World" by telling of how a person returns to the Earth after their death "The grave will take me; earth will close
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Delilah Dominguez
5/5/2016 06:26:42 pm
I agree with your comment of how Whitman connects the the idea of the soul of the world by actually comes one with the earth being buried and is “the soul of the world”. Whitman also states: "This brain, and heart, and wondrous form/Must all alike decay." Saying that as humans are inevitable end is all the same, to die and rot away. Although as humans we are all the same, being in the ground, decaying will all end the same. All of us soon becoming the “soul of the world” in our own way.
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Jonas Collazo
4/26/2016 06:51:55 am
"My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air,
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Joseph Mayfield
4/26/2016 07:28:35 am
I very much agree with the quote you have chosen for this portion of the assignment. It definitely helps your point of Whitman's idea of what happens after death. You have done a very good job describing this.
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Ms. Davis
4/26/2016 10:47:09 am
Your comment does not meet word count and lacks textual evidence; please resubmit.
Alexis Gray
4/26/2016 06:59:07 am
In the passage "To Think of Time" it has the same mentality to Coelho's idea of "Soul of the World." In this passage, Whitman shows how everything is perfect in its on way and how everything has a purpose in the world. He also says that you cannot escape your past, present, and future. It says this in the quote,"The law of the past cannot be eluded, /The law of the present and future cannot be eluded/The law of the living cannot be eluded—it is eternal."
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Allison Phillips
5/4/2016 10:57:19 am
Alexis, I think this is a great response, but the quote relates more to fathe than the soul of the world in my opinion, and the two are different. Fate is a path that one is destined to take in their lives, while the Soul of the World is a connect between all. I think a different quote that would have better driven the idea of the soul of the world would have been, "The threads that were spun are gather’d, the weft crosses the warp, the pattern is systematic," (73).
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Jonas Collazo
5/5/2016 06:44:36 am
That is a insightful way of thinking towards this poem. Whitman also says, "TO think of time—of all that retrospection!
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Amber Seward
4/26/2016 07:03:11 am
The poem, "Time to Come" by Walt Whitman helps convey Whitman's idea of how the "soul of the world" can not be planned ahead but just come on as a plate of one's life. This idea can be found in the poem, "No eye may see,/ no mind may grasp/ That mystery of fate". I chose this quote to help show that Whitman writes to show how nobody can plan the world's fate but everyone can experience the mystery of this fate.
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Briaunna Morgan
5/4/2016 03:26:59 pm
I agree, with you textual evidence. Whitman says "O, Death! a black and pierceless pall / Hangs round thee, and the future state; / No eye may see, no mind may grasp / That mystery of fate". Whitman feels that when our time comes its not to be known, only fate will tell.
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4/26/2016 07:07:38 am
"Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you,
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Lydia Acuna
4/26/2016 07:07:52 am
In the poem "I sing the Body Electric", Walt Whitman conveys the idea of perfection and order. He describing ordinary citizens is normal activities such as; a mom attending her child, a farmer cropping, the horseman in his saddle. After he ends describing them, he expressed his love for "The natural, perfect, varied attitudes" (30) He represents the idea that everyone and everything has a place in being and doing.
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Isaiah White
4/26/2016 07:09:51 am
46 lines(11-12)
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Ms. Davis
4/26/2016 10:47:52 am
Your comment does not meet word count and lacks textual evidence; please edit and resubmit your response.
Jonas Collazo
4/26/2016 07:08:12 am
In Walt Whitman's poem "Time to Come", he states that even after the soul is torn from the body after death, it will still live on and become a part of the whole universe. "Will it e’en live?/For though its light /Must shine till from the body torn;/Then, when the oil of life is spent,/Still shall the taper burn?" Whitman does have doubt as to what will actually happen once we die.
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Ann Vergantinos
5/2/2016 03:28:12 pm
I agree with your statement and quotes on Walt Whitman's poem "Time to Come", as the soul leaves a person's body he believes that the soul could still live remain and live in the world as part of nature, which connects with "The Soul of the World". Although he has this belief, he has no evidence if he's right as he questions himself, "Will it e’en live? For though its light Must shine till from the body torn; Then, when the oil of life is spent, Still shall the taper burn?"
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Emily Shaw
4/26/2016 07:08:27 am
In the poem 'Time to Come' by Walt Whitman, the 'soul of the world' by Coelho can be conveyed through a selective passage that describes how the narrator is one with the world. It represents how everything has a place in nature. It also explains how the narrator understands the connection, but has yet to decide where his own place in the world is. That can be represented through the quote, "The grave will take me; earth will close / O’er cold dull limbs and ashy face; / But where, O, Nature, where shall be /The soul’s abiding place?" (17-20).
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Amber Seward
4/26/2016 07:11:29 am
In Whitman's poem, "A Passage to India" Whitman helps convey the idea of the "soul of the world" similar to how Paulo Coelho describes his idea of the "soul of the world" in the novel, The Alchemist. In Whitman's poem you can find his idea when he writes, "Passage to India!/Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first?/ The earth to be spann’d, connected by network,/The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage,/The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near,/The lands to be welded together". This quote found in Whitman's poem helps show how a journey can be compared to the "soul of the world" which can be found in Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist when Santiago reads the omens of the world on his journey.
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Briaunna Morgan
5/4/2016 03:22:24 pm
I agree, Whitman hepls convey the idea of the " Soul of the World" by writing "The earth to be spann’d, connected by network,
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Jonas Collazo
4/26/2016 07:15:47 am
In Walt Whitman's poem "To Think of Time", Whitman writes, "To think the thought of Death, merged in the thought of materials! /To think that the rivers will flow, and the snow fall, and fruits ripen, and act upon others as upon us now—yet not act upon us!/To think of all these wonders of city and country, and others taking great interest in them—and we taking no interest in them!" Whitman is surprised and awed that out of all of these involuntary actions of our world, they do not directly affect us but indirectly and not at all sometimes. It is not the same with humans since we affect our world. Everything material and immaterial comes together in our world, whether it affects us or not.
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Shawn Cunningham
5/4/2016 05:01:05 pm
I like the wording you used to explain the soul of the world in Whitman's poem. the nature that merged with death, to show the connection with communication with the worlds language. I also like how you said the world changes with or without us. things will change, with the actions of the way of life.
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Ms. Davis
5/10/2016 05:52:03 am
You must have text evidence in all posts.
Ferenc Nihof
5/4/2016 05:43:36 pm
I can see how thing happen in this world wether or not we are part of it or it is going to affect us, but ti does affect us a one for we are all one soul: “To think the thought of Death, merged in the thought of materials...yet not act upon us”(26-27).
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John Jae Banag
4/26/2016 07:56:51 am
In the poem "A Passage to India", Walt Whitman explains the relationship and interaction amongst the people and earth. He quoted, "Passage to India! Lo, soul! seest thou not God's purpose from the first? The earth to be spann'd, connected by network, The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, The oceans to be cross'd, the distant brought near, The lands to be welded together." The "Soul of the World" is defined, "what binds all of us together and governs all things". This idea was associated with Walt Whitman's poem by describing the interconnectedness in our surrounding and the inhabitants.
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Ann Vergantinos
4/29/2016 04:11:40 pm
I agree with your statement on Walt Whitman's "A Passage to India" in "The Soul of the World", by explaining the relationships and interactions of the people in the world; as he wants to bring everyone together not only through the connections of geographical locations in the world, but also favors interracial marriages.
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Ann Vergantinos
4/26/2016 07:59:22 am
On Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass "Passage to India", Walt Whitman conveys that the "Soul of the World" is together as one human race, no matter which nation everyone comes from and heritage. He sees God as bringing everybody together and takes great pleasure of this idea.
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Jhon Reynolds
4/26/2016 08:03:42 am
In Walt Whitman's poem, "To Think of Time" , Whitman explains how everything has an soul such as a tree which has rooted into the ground or even the animals. A quote from Whitman's poem, "To Think of Time", helps the reader understand how Whitman thinks that everything has an eternal soul, " I swear I think now that everything without exception has an eternal soul!". Whitman conveys from Coelho's " The Soul of The World" Poem with this quote because Coelho thinks that the world too has an ethereal soul and that it is diffused around all nature, as Whitman says about the trees and animals having souls. This also puts everything in connectivity with the world as Coelho believes.
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Gerrick McKinney
4/26/2016 10:44:04 am
In the poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" Walt Whitman says in his text that, "O moon, do not keep her from me any longer." Whitman is showing that the moon, had a chance to have the characteristic of capturing the bird's mate. This line relates to Coelho's "Soul of the World" because it gives the moon an equal opportunity as a human, but not only that, but the fact that the moon understands the bird or human.
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Ezekiel Holmes
5/4/2016 10:41:36 am
I agree with your comment and that was a well chosen quote to use for that response. In that story, Whitman does a good job of using the comparison between the moon and a human being considering that the moon has the opportunity of having human characteristics like commented. The moon is considered the "person" who took the narrator's mate: "Whichever way I turn, O I think you could give me my mate back again, if you only would" (91-92).
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Kweku Agyepong
4/26/2016 10:51:32 am
In the excerpt from the "Passage to India" by Walt Whitman, Whitman speaks of the connection that all things on Earth are apart of "The earth to be spann’d, connected by network, / The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, / The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, / The lands to be welded together.".Though Whitman does not specifically name this force the reader can connect this force to Paulo Coelho's "Soul of the World" which is said to be diffused throughout all nature.
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Abigail Cain
5/4/2016 11:07:22 am
I agree with your statement. Whitman writes that "The far-darting beams of the spirit," are found and unified across the world. Whitman knows that these spirits are intended to be intertwined, (by marriage, across ocean, etc.) and intended to affect other souls. This is directly related to the philosophy of the "Soul of the World".
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Allison Phillips
4/26/2016 10:53:27 am
In "Out of the Cradle" by Walter Whitman, the concept related closely to the idea of the Soul of the World. The Sould of the World, according to philosophers, is a connection between everything of the earth. This idea is reflected in the poem when the he-bird calls to the land and sea, and tells his missing love, "Do not be decoy'd elsewhere! / That is the whistle of the wind—it is not my voice," (115-116). The fact that the narrator, a boy, understand's the he-bird's song for his love draws upon that idea of connectedness, for we do not speak the same tongue. It is an unspoken connectedness.
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Gerrick McKinney
4/26/2016 10:57:48 am
In Walt Whitman's "To Think of Time" Whitman tells the reader that he believes everything is alive. As Whitman says, "To think that the sun rose in the east! that men and women were flexible, real, alive! that everything was alive!
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Rachel Riley
4/26/2016 11:06:37 am
In Walt Whitman's poem, "Time to Come" is easily relatable to Coelho's idea in "Soul of the World". In "Time to Come", Whitman writes, "O, Nature, where shall be The soul’s abiding place?" (19-20). In this quote you see him asking nature on the question about his soul. In "Soul of the World" Coelho writes how nature is the soul of the world.
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Felix Isodor Bohn
4/26/2016 11:10:52 am
In "The Soul of the World" Coehlo writes, "The soul of the world, a pure ethereal spirit" (1). This means that the whole world is a soul and this soul is spread throughout all of nature and so it is pure and eternal. Whitman writes, "But where, O, Nature, where shall be / The soul’s abiding place?". He is asking where the soul is where it is located and what in nature holds it.
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Korey Carvil
5/5/2016 06:01:55 pm
I completely agree by saying "The soul of the world, a pure ethereal spirit, which was proclaimed by some ancient philosophers" Coehlo is showing that the Soul of the world is not only pure but it is also everlasting, the use of quotes ties together the explanation of the soul, you show that the soul can be anywhere
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Allison Phillips
4/26/2016 11:13:03 am
In Walt Whitman's "I Sing the Body Electric", the idea of the Soul of the World is how the narrator sees "[his] soul reflected in nature," leaving the first connection: to the world around him. As Whitman writes, he continues to speak of how the female and male are of the soul, with "the flush of the universe..in him" (76) and the woman "contains all qualities, and tempers them" (67).
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Kweku Agyepong
5/2/2016 05:26:29 pm
I agree with what you say about how the narrator sees his soul reflected in nature. Whitman says that "There is something in staying close to men and women, and looking on them, and in the contact and odor of them, that pleases the soul well; / All things please the soul—but these please the soul well" (50-52) This shows that Whitman witnesses other people's soul which is a reflection of his. I like your explanation but you failed to mention the "Soul of the World" and how your quote is connected to it.
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Gerrick McKinney
4/26/2016 11:13:48 am
In Walt Whitman's "Time To Come" Whitman illustrates the idea of unity as one from a couple of different "objects." In the poem "Time To Come" as Whitman says "This brain, and heart, and wondrous form Must all alike decay. The leaping blood will stop its flow; The hoarse death-struggle pass; the cheek Lay bloomless, and the liquid tongue Will then forget to speak." He is showing all of these body parts are reacting to one co-responsively. Whitman's idea relates to Coelho's "The Soul of the World" because they both illustrate the unity of many things to one particular thing
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Jhon Reynolds
4/27/2016 06:23:53 pm
I like your use of the quote from Whitman's poem, "Time To Come" about how all body parts react co-responsively with one another. Though Coelho only is talking about how the world has an ethereal soul which is diffused throughout all nature meaning that the "Soul of The World" is not reacting co-responsively with everything else in nature but is only divided into everything in nature. Coelho says, "The soul of the world, a pure ethereal spirit, which was proclaimed by some ancient philosophers to be diffused throughout all nature.". This does not say that he believes that many things can work in unity for one particular thing.
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Ezekiel R. Holmes
4/30/2016 04:39:29 pm
I like how you used the quote in "Time to Come" pertaining to all the body pars working in unity. The truth is the "Soul of the World" is actually in all of us. It's not only just nature, but it is within us and it's for us to understand ourselves then we can understand the world. You have to understand your heart and yourself in order to understand the "Soul of the World" and you explained it well using that quote.
Isaiah White
5/4/2016 05:14:48 pm
I agree with you on your statement Gerrick. Everything is a unity. One thing cannot work without the other doing it's job it's like a cycle going over and over and as soon as one thing stops the whole operation falls apart. Walt Whitman did a great job at giving the analogy he provided.
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Alexis Gray
4/26/2016 06:16:32 pm
In the passage "I Sing the Body Electric," Whitman is portraying the perfection of the soul in both women and men. He says that if the body does not have a soul then it is not a body which is similar to the idea of "Soul of the World." "And if the body does not do as much as the Soul/And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul,"(7-8).
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Jhon Reynolds
4/27/2016 06:11:40 pm
You did not meet word count but, I partially agree with what you are saying about what Whitman had said about the body having a soul and if the body does not have a soul then it is not a body. However, I do not agree with that being similar to the idea of "Soul of The World", Coelho describes "Soul of The World" as being diffused throughout all of nature as said by Coelho; " The soul of the world, a pure ethereal spirit, which was proclaimed by some ancient philosophers to be diffused throughout all nature". What Coelho means by this is that everything in nature has a soul, even trees which is not a body.
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Jhon Reynolds
4/27/2016 06:43:48 pm
In Walt Whitman's poem, "Sing the Body Electric" Whitman portray's the fact that the soul of the body is delicate and needs to be pleased as he says, "All things please the soul—but these please the soul well.". Though he did not say exactly what mentioned, Whitman meant this. The quote i used shows how Whitman conveys, somehow, to Coelho's idea of "The Soul of The World" is ethereal, which also means delicate, as coelho says, "The soul of the world, a pure ethereal spirit", this quote from coelho shows how he believes the world has an ethereal soul.
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Kweku Agyepong
5/2/2016 04:58:58 pm
I like your quote because it brings up a point that I, myself did not think of when reading "Sing the Body Electric". You said that Whitman implies that the soul of the body, just as the same of the "Soul of the World", is a delicate thing that has to be pleased. When I read the poem I was immediately struck by reiteration of the similarities of the body all people share. Whitman says that "Do you know so much yourself, that you call the slave or the dull-face ignorant? / Do you suppose you have a right to a good sight, and he or she has no right to a sight" (90-91) This quote just made me think of how the "Soul of the World is diffused throughout the entire world. But nice thinking of how the soul is a delicate thing, I had not thought of that.
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Guadalupe Aviles
4/29/2016 01:07:58 pm
In “A Passage to India” Walt Whitman conveys the idea of how the surrounding environment is changing but also keeps in mind of the “myths and fables of eld, Asia’s, Africa’s fables”. This connects to Paul Coelho idea of “Soul of the World” by binding both the innovative and ancient times together which also joins together the people of different backgrounds as well.
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Lydia Acuna
5/2/2016 04:57:31 pm
I agree with your comment because Whitman repeatedly connects the beauty of the landscape with the "proud truths of the world" that have traveled through time. The importance of the fables is that they have traveled to create grace among India, these stories were passed to join the people with different stories.
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Alexandra Labaisse
5/5/2016 07:00:07 am
I agree with your thoughts. Your comment explains in a clear, concise manner how the Soul of the World is incorporated in "A Passage to India", especially considering the fact that Whitman writes that "The earth to be spann’d, connected by network" with the various ethnic backgrounds of the world.
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Sankirthana Malireddy
4/29/2016 01:39:06 pm
The excerpt from "A Passage to India", by Walt Whitman, includes many ideas that one could infer, was derived from the philosophy, "Soul of the World". The reader could obtain from the quote, "The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, / The lands to be welded together.", that Coelho was referring to the "pure ethereal spirit" that was diffused throughout all nature to "weld" the lands.
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Abbie Cain
4/30/2016 12:38:23 pm
I fully agree with your statement. Your connection between both works really ties the thematic consistencies together. I can see also, when Whitman refers to "The far-darting beams of the spirit," that are across the world, that there is, in fact, a cross in the two works and there intention to unify. There are multiple other occasion, in both pieces, that suggest that Whitman found inspiration in and throughout Coelho's work.
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Guadalupe Aviles
5/4/2016 02:40:50 pm
Your quote clearly shows the connection that Walt Whitman demonstrates in the poem "A Passage to India" to the idea of "Soul of the World". I definitely agree on your idea of a "pure ethereal spirit" connecting to nature and its surroundings just like "the earth to be spann’d, connected by network".
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Ann Vergantinos
4/29/2016 06:02:53 pm
In the poem "Time to Come", Walt Whitman points out that death is part of human nature, and as souls leave our bodies, every magnificent parts of the body such as the brain and heart that ultimately plays an important role will eventually decompose, "This brain, and heart, and wondrous form Must all alike decay." In the afterlife, Whitman questions about the soul's existence. If they were to still remain in the mortal world, where would they be and what would they do, "But where, O, Nature, where shall be, The soul’s abiding place? Will it e’en live? For though its light Must shine till from the body town; Then, when the oil of life is spent, Still shall the taper burn?". Walt Whitman infers that if the soul doesn't disappear from the world, it may still live on as part of nature, a "pure ethereal spirit" that's connected with "The Soul of the World".
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Abigail Cain
4/30/2016 08:30:35 am
In the poem "To Think of Time", Walt Whitman explores the idea of mortality and the overall inescapable nature of the circle of life. He states that "Not a day passes—not a minute or second, without an accouchement! / Not a day passes—not a minute or second, without a corpse!" (11-12). This, in short, portrays the idea that in every moment there is life, and in every moment there is death. Whitman goes forth to explain that although these moments, filled with life and death, are fleeting, they are still intended to be taken advantage of; although life, in its sinocoidal pattern, is paired with death, it must be lived.
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Abbie Cain
4/30/2016 09:01:58 am
This is related to Coelho's idea of "The Soul of the World" because both, the verse and the idea, pertain to some underlying unification of humankind. Every being lives and dies, and every being is tied together by the force that runs the universe.
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Abigail Cain
4/30/2016 12:16:50 pm
In "A Passage to India", Whitman expresses a passionate desire for the world, and all of its details (i.e. religion) to become intertwined. He writes "The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, / The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, / The lands to be welded together." (18-20). Whitman sees an evident divide between differing perspectives in the world and uses this poem to motivate the world to seek change. In Coelho's idea of the "Soul of the World", the soul works as a part of every human to draw them together; this mirrors Whitman's desires as expressed in his poem.
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4/30/2016 12:19:15 pm
"Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains from home, Singing all time, minding no time While we two keep together." This quote represents the journey that the narrator from the alchemist had took. All those days and nights he spent away from home with his shepherd.
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4/30/2016 12:25:41 pm
"This curious frame of human mould, where unrequited cravings play," This quote defines the narrators mind when deciding to become a shepherd man. He had his mind on touring the different places in the world out of curiosity. He wanted to see the world that's what his mind craved "adventures."
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Ezekiel R. Holmes
4/30/2016 03:42:54 pm
In "Time to Come", the thing that Whitman speaks about pertains to what Coelho's idea of "Soul of the World" talks about. In this story, Whitman is speaking and describing the delicacy of the body and soul when it is the " Time to Come". This is describing the body when it's "all alike decayed".
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Lydia Acuna
4/30/2016 06:21:13 pm
In the poem " A Passage to India" Whitman describes the changes in the setting throughout time, yet he presents he refers to the "myths and fables of eld" to be the true beauty of the land. This relates to the idea of "Soul of the World" because it represents how, although the environment is altered the beauty will always remain.
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Lydia Acuna
4/30/2016 06:56:09 pm
In "Time to Come" Walt Whitman portrays the concept of "Soul of the World" by depicting hos death as becoming one with the world, he mentions how "the grave will take [him]; earth will close". He is conveying how after life he will be part of the course of divine will.
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Aaron Benson
5/1/2016 04:30:06 pm
This is an excellent comparison! I love your choice in quote. The earth receiving him can say that he is becoming one with the world, sharing one soul.
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Emily Shaw
5/1/2016 01:22:08 pm
In the poem 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking' written by Walt Whitman; Coelho's idea of 'The Soul of the World' can be represented by this quote, "Out from the patches of briers and blackberries, / From the memories of the bird that chanted to me, / From your memories, sad brother—from the fitful risings and fallings / heard, / From under that yellow half-moon, late-risen, and swollen as if with / tears, / From those beginning notes of sickness and love, there in the / transparent mist, / From the thousand responses of my heart, never to cease," (6-13). In the quote, Whitman explains how everything fits together like a puzzle piece, and how everything has it's place in the world.
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Shoshonna Scott
5/4/2016 07:04:05 am
I agree with your statement because in, "Out of the Cradle Endlessly rocking," Whitman does discover the ideas of everything having its place in the world. Everything has its place and everyone goes together in harmony in the world. I think the theme of everything having its place is a good theme for soul of the world because Whitman explains how everything fits together like a puzzle piece.
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Shoshonna Scott
5/5/2016 06:49:36 am
^^Whitman states," Down from the shower’d halo," (6). This helps convey the idea that everything has its place in the world. This statement tells us where it shower'd halo.
Aaron Benson
5/1/2016 04:12:36 pm
Coelho says that the "Soul of the World" is believed to be the "vital force in the universe". Soul gives life. It's what keeps you "in perfect health begin, hoping to cease not till death", as said in "Song of Myself".
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Sankirthana Malireddy
5/1/2016 05:19:15 pm
In the poem, "Time to Come", by Walt Whitman, Coelho's philosophical idea is represented in the quote, "The grave will take me; earth will close / O'er cold dull limbs and ashy face; / But where, O, Nature, where shall be / The soul's abiding place?". The "Soul of the World" is explained in this quote when Whitman declares that "the grave will take [him]" and "...earth will close" thereby allowing himself to become one with nature. Also when the question about "The Soul's abiding place" is asked, it directly references to Whitman's belief about there being an ethereal presence or spirit in nature.
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Emery OlaRte
5/5/2016 11:11:35 am
I undoubtedly agree with your statement Sankirthana Malireddy, because you are ideally creating a good representation on how both authors use relatively similar ideas on just how relevant the inner intentions of the world are to our way of living as mankind, "the grave will take [him]...earth will close". This line perfectly describes how connected man is with the earth as when the earth dies or feels catastrophic pain, we as people also feel fragments of the world's suffering.
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Andi Newberry
5/1/2016 05:38:25 pm
In Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself”, he opens with the lines “I celebrate myself, and sing myself, / And what I assume you shall assume, / For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you”. This poem is both a celebration of Whitman’s self and his universal self. He repeatedly lists examples comparing himself to other people across America, suggesting and emphasizing that they are all connected, and this ties into the the “soul of the universe” theory present in Paul Coelho’s work.
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Andi Newberry
5/1/2016 06:02:16 pm
In the part eleven of Walt Whitman’s poem, “To Think of Time”, Whitman says, "I swear I think now that everything without exception has an eternal Soul! / The trees have, rooted in the ground! the weeds of the sea have! the animals!” This is an example of a basic principle of the “soul of the world” philosophy that everything in the world is connected and has a spiritual purpose; Santiago in “The Alchemist” believes this.
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Lydia Acuna
5/2/2016 04:20:20 pm
I agree greatly with your comment, in the poem Whitman repeatedly relates to the "soul of the world", he mentions that "[no one is] thrown to the winds". Every event in life happens for a purpose, the quote chosen by you furthers the idea of the "language of the world".
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Madelynn Phillips
5/4/2016 06:19:01 pm
I too agree with your comment. All throughout the poem Whitman continuous to relate the "Soul of the World" to the main theme of all the souls being connected. When Whitman says, "I swear I think there is nothing but immortality!", he's saying that all things are immortal and have a spiritual connection to each other. The quote you used helps relay the idea of the Soul of the World philosophy.
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Andrew Hornof
5/5/2016 09:15:32 pm
I agree with your comment about Whitman's poem "To Think of Time", about how everything is connected and has some sort of spiritual purpose, "The infected in the immigrant hospital are not nothing—the murderer or mean person is not nothing,The perpetual successions of shallow people are not nothing as they go, The lowest prostitute is not nothing—the mocker of religion is not nothing as he goes.". Here Whitman is enforcing the idea that everything has a purpose, even those things that seem detestable and horrible, which would be inline with the idea of "Soul of the World", because if one part isn't connect, or there, the whole thing doesn't work.
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Jhon reynolds
5/2/2016 10:52:56 am
In the poem, " A Passage to India" Whitman conveys the fact of how the soul is in connectivity with the world and everything else. Whitman says, " Lo, soul! seest thou not God's purpose from the first? The earth to be spann'd, connected by network, The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, The oceans to be cross'd, the distant brought near, The lands to be welded together.". This quote shows how Whitman conveys to Coelho's idea about the soul of the world being connected with everything in the world.
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Ferenc (will) NIhof
5/2/2016 03:00:04 pm
When Whitman writes, “As I see my soul reflected in nature/As I see through a mist, one with inexpressible completeness and beauty”(72-74) we can see how when he sees that his soul can be seen in nature. This shows how nature, being part of the world, is connected in a way and that all souls within the world are connected and become the soul of the world.
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ferenc
5/4/2016 02:44:18 pm
forgot to mention it was the "I Sing the Body Electric" selection
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Alexis Gray
5/2/2016 04:05:46 pm
In Whitman's poem, "To Think of Time," Whitman portrays nature as a divine and emblem of God.He believes that man is nature's child and that man and nature must never be dis joined similar to the soul of the world.He also believes that everything on earth has an eternal soul "I swear I think now that everything without exception has an eternal Soul."
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Isaiah White
5/4/2016 05:19:58 pm
I understand what you are saying and i agree with you Alexis. The way Walt felt about nature is like he had a relationship with nature itself. He felt like if they were separated then the world wouldn't be the same.
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Ann Vergantinos
5/2/2016 04:47:45 pm
On the Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" he believes that God thinks everyone in the world share a common connection, as part of "The Soul of the World", being together as one, when he mentioned that everyone including God and himself are related to every men and women on the earth, "And I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own, And that all the men ever born are also my brothers, and the women my sisters and lovers,"
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Kweku Agyepong
5/2/2016 05:08:35 pm
In the poem "I Sing the Body Electric" Walt Whitman emphasizes the idea that every human has similarities such as their body and soul. Whitman states that "There is something in staying close to men and women, and looking on them, and in the contact and odor of them, that pleases the soul well; / All things please the soul—but these please the soul well." (50-52). Whitman is saying that everyone has a soul which correlates to the idea of the "Soul of the World" which says that it is diffused throughout all nature
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Sankirthana Malireddy
5/2/2016 05:57:51 pm
I completely agree with this idea because in the poem, "I Sing the Body Electric", Whitman periodically emphasizes the idea that the body and soul are what create the interconnected societies of people. In a quote, Whitman asks "And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul?". This quote directly implies Whitman's belief that the soul was connected with a body the way that it was connected with the "Soul of the World".
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Tanya Brown
5/4/2016 07:54:58 pm
I definitely agree with your textual evidence and how you connected Whitman's idea of "Soul of the World." In the poem, Whitman enlarges the idea that the body and soul are connected and "all things please the soul." This is indeed Whitman's belief that the "Soul of the World" is diffused throughout everything that "please the soul well."
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Sankirthana Malireddy
5/2/2016 05:46:09 pm
In the poem, "I Sing the Body Electric", Walt Whitman conveys the idea that the body is part of the soul, and that the body aids in forming relationships with others. In the anecdote about the "common farmer", it was said that "[His sons] and his daughters all loved him- all who saw him loved him" and the loved him with "personal love". At the end of the anecdote, Whitman says that "...you would wish to sit by him in the boat, / that you and he might touch each other." These ideas directly correlate with the "Soul of the World" because incorporated is the concept that everyone that lives keeps the pure spirit of the world alive by providing it the love that people give.
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Shawn Cunningham
5/2/2016 05:51:59 pm
In the poem "To Think of Time", Walt Whitman expresses life with its value. The value of life comes with a time limit, and death can be just around the corner. He wrote, "Not a day passes—not a minute or second, without an accouchement!
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Andi Newberry
5/3/2016 01:59:06 pm
I completely agree with your comment. As the poem’s title suggests, “To Think of Time” is all about contemplating the certainty of death. In the first part of the poem, Whitman says, “Have you guess’d you yourself would not continue?”: We as humans often forget that our time is limited. Additionally, just as is shown in the quote that you chose, everything must die in order to fulfill it’s purpose in the universe. This ties into Alchemy, which is all about purifying and reaching the “highest form”.
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Andi Newberry
5/3/2016 01:43:31 pm
In the poem “I Sing the Body Electric”, Walt Whitman is praising the human form and its place in the universe. He says, “Each has his or her place in the procession. / (All is a procession; / The universe is a procession, with measured and beautiful motion.)” Whitman shows how everyone’s soul is intertwined and plays a part in the “procession”.
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Shermain McDaniel
5/3/2016 05:20:03 pm
I completely agree with your comment because in the poem “I Sing the Body Electric” Walt Whitman is mainly talking about how if men took care of their bodies and everything else then outcome would be wonderful. Everyone would want to be around that person. As said in the poem, “This man was of wonderful vigor, calmness, beauty of person”
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Natalia Hernandez
5/4/2016 03:47:25 pm
I too agree with your comment, he does praise the human form and that every single being's soul is put in the exact same time to complete the soul of the procession. "Do you think matter has cohered together from its diffuse float—and the soil is on the surface, and water runs, and vegetation sprouts,
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Natalia Hernandez
5/3/2016 01:50:09 pm
In Whitman's "
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Sankirthana Malireddy
5/3/2016 04:44:53 pm
I completely agree with your statement on this poem, because Whitman periodically emphasizes the significance of each part to the body, and each conjoined body and soul to the world. Whitman reinforces the idea of equality, stating that "That of the male is perfect, and that of the female is perfect." Whitman believes that to sustain the "Soul of the World", everyone must work together to complete a balance.
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Briaunna Morgan
5/3/2016 02:25:39 pm
In a "Time to Come" Whitman explains the "Soul of the World" by stating that no one can see or get the idea of when there time to die will come, because fate isn't something you decide nor is it visible through the eye , "No eye may see, no mind may grasp / That mystery of fate".
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Tanya Brown
5/5/2016 07:07:31 am
I disagree with your idea on how you perceive Whitman's idea of "Soul of the World." In the poem, Whitman implies that the soul's "light must shine till from the body torn." Whitman is suggesting that the soul is its own person and when the body dies, it lives on forever.
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Shermain McDaniel
5/3/2016 03:14:00 pm
In Walt Whitman's poem “I SIng the Body Electric” he is describing how a man who can take care of their soul, body and nature can have people wanting to be with him even if they do not know him. As said in the poem, “You would wish long and long to be with him—you would wish to sit by him in the boat, that you and he might touch each other”. This goes with Mundi’s idea of the soul of the because, he says that the soul of the world is someone who has a pure ethereal spirit and that some is the man in the poem.
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Shoshonna Scott
5/4/2016 06:59:45 am
I agree with your statement because the soul of the world is the spirit of a person in this poem. Whitman feels strongly about the pure spirit of this man. The pure spirit of a person would be a good theme for the soul of the world because if the soul of the world was a pure spirit the world would be a better place.
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Shoshonna Scott
5/5/2016 06:53:03 am
^^ Whitman states, "O I say, these are not the parts and poems of the Body only, but of the Soul," (164). The pure soul is what makes the world a better place. The body can do little when the soul is in the wrong place.
Tanya Brown
5/3/2016 05:52:19 pm
In the poem, “Time to Come” by Walt Whitman, Whitman addresses the mystery of fate. The idea of “soul of the world” comes from Whitman when he writes, “where,O, Nature, where shall be The soul’s abiding place? Will it e’en live?” Whitman suggest that his body is going to stay on earth, but Whitman wonders if the light of the soul will move on from the decaying body that is on earth. Whitman suggest that his uncertainty will be answered when death comes.
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Tanya Brown
5/3/2016 05:53:36 pm
In the passage, “I sing the body electric,” Whitman repeatedly goes on about the men and women body parts and he says, “these are not the parts and poems of the Body only, but of the Soul, O I say now these are the Soul!” Whitman is saying the body is apart of the soul. Our body is made by nature and Coelho suggest that the “soul of the world” is “to be diffused throughout all nature.” They both have the same idea that the soul lives and runs throughout nature.
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Tanya Brown
5/3/2016 05:54:43 pm
In Walt Whitman’s poem “To Think of Time,” Whitman thinks
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Gerrick McKinney
5/4/2016 10:45:45 am
I agree with you on how you believe Walt Whitman's "To Think of Time" relates directly to Coelho's idea of "Soul of the World". The two pieces have a connection through the root idea of "everything in nature has a soul", in which you did a good job of pointing out through good textual evidence.
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Ezekiel Holmes
5/4/2016 11:10:49 am
I like the quote you used for this response. It specifically explains the purpose of the "Soul of the World". Like coelho's idea of everything in nature has a soul. We all have the "Soul of the World" inside of us.
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Michael Harris
5/5/2016 06:00:55 pm
This was a great quote to use for this response. It specifically and greatly explains the purpose of the "Soul of the World". Just like coelho's great idea that everything in nature has a soul. We all have the "Soul of the World" inside of us.
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Ms. Davis
5/10/2016 05:56:47 am
You must have textual evidence for every post.
Shoshonna Scott
5/4/2016 06:52:16 am
In, "To Think of Time," by Walt Whitman, he brought up the ideas of death. The soul of the world is death in this poem. Whitman said everything dies and everyone is going to die. I feel this is the soul of the world in this poem because Whitman feels strongly about death. Whitman states, "He that was President was buried, and he that is now President shall surely be buried," (34).
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Guadalupe Aviles
5/4/2016 04:03:20 pm
I agree on your idea that Whitman was conveying death as the "soul of the world". While your quote does demonstrate how death can be perceived as the "soul of the world" it also demonstrates Whitman's ideas that "slow-moving and black lines creep over the whole earth—they never cease—they are the burial lines".
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Shoshonna Scott
5/4/2016 07:10:46 am
In, " Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," Whitman brings up the ideas of love being the soul of the world. Whitman states, "From your memories, sad brother—from the fitful risings and fallings I heard/From under that yellow half-moon, late-risen, and swollen as if with tears,/From those beginning notes of sickness and love, there in the transparent mist,/From the thousand responses of my heart,never to cease," (9-12). Whitman explains how he will never forget about someone. I think this is soul of the world because Whitman says his heart will never cease. In other words he will never stop loving.
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Felix Bohn
5/4/2016 10:42:14 am
In the poem "I Sing the Body Electric" Campbell writes "And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul?". Campbell asks what is the soul really? We leave our physical appearance behind on earth when we die but our soul ascends to heaven or descends to hell and this happens to every person on earth so the soul is something that flows through all of us. This is what Mundi is saying in "The Soul of the World" that the soul is in all of us and everything around us.
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Ferenc (Will) Nihof
5/4/2016 04:11:17 pm
I can see how the thought of everything is part of the world's soul especially when he writes, "As I see my soul reflected in nature". Here he is seeing his soul within nature and nature is part of the world and therefore he and nature all have this “soul” which is of the world.
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Brittney Rampley
5/4/2016 10:43:10 am
In the poem "Song of Myself Walt Whitman expresses The Soul of the World by using examples that show everyone is equal regardless if they have shame towards their bodies or minds, color of skin or gender. "For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you, I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass; My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air, born here of parents from my parents the same, and their parents the same, I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, Hoping to cease not till death," (3-9).
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Allison Phillips
5/4/2016 10:47:14 am
In "To Think of Time" by Walt Whitman, the soul of the words is expressed especially in the quote "The threads that were spun are gather’d, the weft crosses the warp, the pattern is systematic," (73). This is in the context of people's lives, and the use of words that are strongly associated in weaving draws in the image that people are all connected in one sheet or tapestry, just like all are connected by the "soul of the world".
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Abigail Cain
5/4/2016 10:47:32 am
In Whitman's poem, "I Sing the Body Electric", he reiterates numerous time the importance of how one must take care of their souls. This is important, from Whitman's perspective, not only for the one human's well being, but for the mass conglomeration of souls intertwined in the universe. He writes, "(All is a procession; /
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Andi Newberry
5/4/2016 02:20:13 pm
I fully agree with your statement. Whitman celebrates and beholds the human body throughout his poem “I Sing the Body Electric”. In fact, Whitman says that the body and soul are one. After an extended spiel praising the many details of the human form, Whitman says, “O I say, these are not the parts and poems of the Body only, but of the Soul, / O I say now these are the Soul!”, concluding the poem. Whitman shows that all of us, all of our bodies, all of our souls, need to be treasured and are connected in the universe.
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Joseph Scroggs
5/5/2016 01:33:37 pm
Sorry, but I have to disagree with your statement. When I read the poem, "I Sing the Body Electric," I did see that there was mentioning and pondering of the soul, but I felt that the poem was about that although each are great and beautiful on their own, men and women are truly equalized in their qualities. I felt that the lines "The love of the Body of man or woman balks account—the body itself balks account; / That of the male is perfect, and that of the female is perfect." really evoked that feeling in me.
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Joseph Scroggs (extension on earlier comment)
5/5/2016 01:37:56 pm
That equality, which makes us all equal. Is what allows us to be connected to the soul of the world. If men's souls were considered better than women's, or vice versa, the soul of the world would be too masculine or feminine.
Jared Pierce
5/4/2016 10:49:13 am
Coelho's idea of "soul of the world" can be identified through Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" when he writes: "And what I assume you shall assume,/For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you." Whitman describes how he is connected to the rest of the world and vice versa.
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Nickolas Pagan
5/4/2016 07:35:51 pm
Excellent quote! This quote also goes well with alchemy, which is spoken of frequently in Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist. As alchemy only transforms one thing to another, and cannot add or destroy atoms, as in the "Soul of the World", when one dies in the physical world, their body will be used by other living beings, while their soul lives on.
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Patrick Pagan
5/4/2016 07:56:25 pm
This quote goes well with alchemy, which is mentioned frequently in Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist. One key principle of alchemy is one cannot create without destroying or equivalent exchange. So one can not create or destroy atoms as "The Soul of the World" states when one dies on earth they live again as souls surrounding those that live.
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Joseph Scroggs (Sorry, that's three, but I liked this one, too.)
5/5/2016 01:42:36 pm
I also agree with Nickolas and you in how when we die, our energy feeds into others, literally, I related this to when in physics I learned that we all share the atoms in the world. How when we breath out, others breathe that air in; and when we die, our body feeds the plants that grow out of the ground, which in turn feeds the next generation of the human race.
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Ezekiel Holmes
5/4/2016 10:53:46 am
In "To Think of Time", Walt Whitman explains in the story that everything dies sooner or later at any time and any place: "Not a day passes—not a minute or second, without an accouchement!
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Jania Everman
5/4/2016 08:08:41 pm
I agree with what you and how you said that Whitman explains how when the body is no longer physically on earth, the soul goes on and connects with the "Soul of the World". I believe that Whitman wants us readers to understand that there is life after death that goes on to be the "Soul of the World".
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Felix Bohn
5/4/2016 10:56:01 am
Campbell writes "The earth to be spann’d, connected by network," and he says that the earth is connected by a network. Mundi says the same thing in "The Soul of the World" he says ""to be diffused throughout all nature.". He says that the soul of the world is spread out through all of nature and this is the network Campbell is talking about.
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Felix Bohn
5/4/2016 11:01:50 am
campbell should be whitman
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Brittney Rampley
5/4/2016 11:06:16 am
Walt Whitman's poem "To Think of Time" covers the issue of death and not knowing when the time will be, day or night, weekend or weekday, while being busy or doing nothing at all. Whitman explains that everyone is eager to get everything settled for life, but we aren't concerned about how close death could be, "To Think The Thought of Death, merged in the thought of materials! To think that the rivers will flow, and the snow fall, and fruits ripen, and act upon others as upon us now--yet not act upon us! To think of all these wonders of city and country, and others taking great interest in them- and we taking no interest in them! To Think how eager we are in building our houses! To think others shall be just as eager, and we quite indifferent! (I see one building the house that serves him a few years, or seventy or eighty at the most, I see one building the house that serves him longer than that),"(25-30)
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Felix Bohn
5/5/2016 09:18:32 am
Your quotes and explanations make a lot of sense especially when the quote "to think the thought of death merged in the thought of materials". This shows that death is all around us and that eventually everything and everyone will die and there is nothing we can do to stop this.
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Jared Pierce
5/4/2016 11:13:17 am
In "A Passage to India", Whitman writes, "Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first?/The earth to be spann’d, connected by network." He relates this part of the poem to Coelho's idea of "Soul of the world" by saying how God's plan is for everything to be connected. How all the world is a network.
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Emery Olarte
5/4/2016 01:21:38 pm
Asa dude ! I agree
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Patrick Pagan
5/4/2016 07:46:04 pm
The quote, "Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first?/The earth to be spann’d, connected by network" by Whitman which was used in your post also shows how God set a destiny and purpose for you to pursue so that the earth can benefit form it as a whole.
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Emery Ryan Olarte
5/4/2016 01:30:07 pm
In Walt Whitman's poem: "To think of Time", he expresses the realization of the reality behind simple everyday actions and occurrences. He uses metaphors to convey symbolism and the connection between spiritual entities and common objects: "To think the thought of Death, merged in the thought of materials!". Walt Whitman also in a sense, familiarizes with Paul Coelho's concept of "Soul of the World" when he explains how each force of nature and existing object has a given niche and purpose in the world that is also needed for the world to function: "To think that the rivers will flow, and the snow fall, and fruits ripen".
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Briaunna Morgan
5/4/2016 03:08:19 pm
In the poem "Song to Myself" Whitman’s verse is connected to Coelho’s idea of “Soul of the World” by giving us examples of how we are all created "Upper-arm, arm-pit, elbow-socket, lower-arm, arm-sinews, arm-bones, / Wrist and wrist-joints, hand, palm, knuckles, thumb, fore-finger, finger-balls, finger- /
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Briaunna Morgan
5/4/2016 03:15:35 pm
In the poem"from a Passage to India" Whitman’s verse is connected to Coelho’s idea of “Soul of the World” by explaining how god has connected everyone as the earth as time passes "Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first?
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Jania Everman
5/4/2016 07:25:38 pm
I agree with you strongly on the point that yes, in the poem "Passage from India" Walt Whitman expressed to us readers how the poem is connected to "Soul of the World" by using god as the center of a global network in which he connected with many other things in the world.
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Guadalupe Aviles
5/4/2016 03:17:50 pm
In the poem "To Think of Time" Walt Whitman connects Coelho's philosophy of "Soul of World" by using different examples as to how death is upon a person. Whitman believes that "If [he] were to suspect death, [he] should die now," because death is inevitable and by constantly thinking about it would cause harm to your soul as if you were already dead.
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Natalia Hernandez
5/4/2016 03:37:58 pm
In "Time to Come" Whitman comes to terms with his death. He knows death is something that cannot be halted, the thought of death lingers. In the poem he describes how in death the soul withers away with the physical body. "The grave will take me; earth will close /O’er cold dull limbs and ashy face; /But where, O, Nature, where shall be /The soul’s abiding place?”
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Shawn cunningham
5/4/2016 04:46:21 pm
I agree with textual evidence you have chosen for your response. It connects with the soul of the world, because the physical body stays. While the soul moves on to a new place. They also correspond from for what the body stands for in the poem. Over all i like the way talked about the physical body in the poem.
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Madelynn Phillips
5/4/2016 06:12:07 pm
I agree with the evidence that you used for this poem. The connection with the Soul of the World is clearly seen, because while the body stays behind, the soul moves on. "Will it e'en live?", which is basically saying that Whitman doesn't know if his soul will even live on after his body dies.
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Michael Harris
5/5/2016 06:05:07 pm
This was perfect use of textual evidence used for your response. It has a way of connecting with the soul of the world, because the physical body indeed stays while the soul moves on to a new place. They also go together from what the body stands for in the poem. Overall this was an amazing way to talk about the physical body in the poem.
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Ferenc (Will) Nihof
5/4/2016 03:45:47 pm
When Whitman writes “The grave will take me; earth will close/O’er cold dull limbs and ashy face/But where, O, Nature, where shall be/The soul’s abiding place?”, we can see that when a person dies that they become disconnected from the world. Also their soul which is considered to be part of the soul of the world is no longer going to be part of his body when he dies.
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ferenc
5/4/2016 03:55:59 pm
Sorry again I forgot the name
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Ferenc (Will) NIhof
5/4/2016 04:03:52 pm
When Whitman writes, “He that was President was buried, and he that is now President shall surely be buried”(33), we can see that once again no matter what all people will have to die and be disconnected from, “The threads that were spun are gather’d”(73). The threads being all things and they are all woven together to become the soul of the world.
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Shawn Cunningham
5/4/2016 04:20:58 pm
In the poem " Time to come" by Walt Whitman, he is describing his death. Whitman talks about that each body has a time limit, and it cant't be stopped, "This brain, and heart, and wondrous form
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Edwin Miranda
5/5/2016 06:42:45 pm
I completely agree with what you're tryin to say. Whitman is describing that his body might not have a place in the next life but his soul will. "The grave will take me; earth will close/ O’er cold dull limbs and ashy face;
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Guadalupe Aviles
5/4/2016 05:10:11 pm
In the poem "Time to Come" Walt Whitman conveys the idea that death will come at one point and when the time has come the soul will leave the body.This idea connects to the "soul of the world" because Whitman questions himself about where the soul will go: "Will it e’en live? For though its light / must shine till from the body torn".
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Madelynn Phillips
5/4/2016 05:23:32 pm
In the poem, “A Passage to India”, Whitman is saying how the entire world is interconnect in a sort of web. The line, “Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first?/The earth to be spann’d, connected by network”, Whitman is describing how all over the earth, there are networks and connections that are created by God. This also relates to Coelho’s “Soul of the World”, which is spread out all through nature.
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Ariel West
5/5/2016 04:24:29 am
I agree with your viewpoint on this poem. Whitman is claiming that everything in the universe is interconnected. On top of this, he is showing a strong desire for it to be so: "The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, / The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, / The lands to be welded together."
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Shawn Cunningham
5/4/2016 05:35:57 pm
In " A passage to India" Walt Whitman, he talks about how its physically impossible to be alone. the language of the world is a way of communication to other. The geographical layout makes the connect of a network,"The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, The lands to be welded together."
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Madelynn Phillips
5/4/2016 05:38:24 pm
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Alexis Gray
5/4/2016 09:28:01 pm
I agree with your statement Madelynn, but you did not thoroughly describe the relation this has to the soul of the world. You also failed to show the idea of nature in this poem to relate to the soul of the world. Other than this you made really good points.
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Ariel West
5/5/2016 04:28:21 am
I agree with what you said. On top of Whitman believing it is important to maintain one’s soul, he also believes that all men and women are connected. He believes that everything that happens is a perfect system of events, and every person has their part to play: “All is a procession; / The universe is a procession, with measured and beautiful motion.”
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Madelynn Phillips
5/4/2016 05:40:32 pm
In the poem "Time to Come", Whitman comes to terms with his impending death. When Whitman says, "This brain, and heart, and wondrous form/Must all alike decay", he is saying that even though he is smart with a good heart and body, that he is going to die, and even though his body is dead, his soul will continue on to another place.
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Jania Everman
5/4/2016 07:13:59 pm
In the poem "To Think of Time" Walt Whitman connects with Coelho's idea of "Soul of the World" by describing and expressing how a person living life in the present and their future can't be evaded or escaped from doing such. Them living life is "eternal"; "The law of the past cannot be eluded, / The law of the present and future cannot be eluded, / The law of the living cannot be eluded—it is eternal, / The law of promotion and transformation cannot be eluded, / The law of heroes and good-doers cannot be eluded, / The law of drunkards, informers, mean persons—not one iota thereof can be eluded."
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Nickolas Pagan
5/4/2016 07:14:29 pm
The poem "A Passage to India", by Walt Whitman explains how humans and the earth are connected through constant interaction. One of his quotes show this through the "Soul of the World", which is defined as the force that binds all humans together and governs all beings, as shown here; "Passage to India! Lo, soul! seest thou not God's purpose from the first? The earth to be spann'd, connected by network, The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, The oceans to be cross'd, the distant brought near, The lands to be welded together." This idea was shown in Walt Whitman's poem by describing the our deep ties and connections to our surroundings and its inhabitants.
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Patrick Pagan
5/4/2016 07:16:44 pm
The poem "A Passage to India", created by Walt Whitman, he explains the interactions and relationships he had created with other people. He stated, "Passage to India! Lo, soul! seest thou not God's purpose from the first? The earth to be spann'd, connected by network, The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, The oceans to be cross'd, the distant brought near, The lands to be welded together." The "Soul of the World" is then defined with the following, "what binds all of us together and governs all things". This idea is associated with Paulo Coelho's alchemist by showing how all actions are connected and all creatures are connected to one another and their surroundings.
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Ondra Ryan
5/5/2016 07:58:45 pm
In the poem "A Passage to India" Walt Whitman does explain relationships with other people by saying,"The earth to be spann'd, connected by network, The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, The oceans to be cross'd, the distant brought near, The lands to be welded together."
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Nickolas Pagan
5/4/2016 07:19:47 pm
In the poem " Time to come" by Walt Whitman, Whitman is clearly describing human death. He explains how each living body has a set time limit on earth, and that limit can not be extended. This is shown in this quote: "This brain, and heart, and wondrous form Must all alike decay. ". Whitman is stating that throughout life, only the body is harmed, and killed, while the soul stays intact, even after death.
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Ondra Ryan
5/5/2016 08:07:45 pm
I also agree that the poem "Time to come" by Walt Whitman does show that everything that is living has a time limit as Whitman says,"This brain, and heart, and wondrous form Must all alike decay." Whitman also shows this when he says, "O, Death! a black and pierceless pall Hangs round thee, and the future state; No eye may see, no mind may grasp That mystery of fate."
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Nickolas Pagan
5/4/2016 07:26:09 pm
In the poem "To Think of Time", by Walt Whitman, Whitman expresses life and its important value. The value of life comes with the fact that it is temporary, and how people die every second of everyday, and that your death can be lurking around every corner. This is shown in the following quote: "Not a day passes—not a minute or second, without an accouchement! Not a day passes—not a minute or second, without a corpse!". This ties great with"The Soul of The World", because everything that exists must eventually come to an end.
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Jared Pierce
5/5/2016 11:11:05 am
I agree with this how in "To Think of Time", Whitman describes how death comes upon us all at any time but we do not know exactly when it will be. Whitman writes, "The dull nights go over, and the dull days also,/The soreness of lying so much in bed goes over." This ties in with what you said about the soul of the world in that everything will eventually die in this world.
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Patrick Pagan
5/4/2016 07:27:35 pm
The poem " Time to come" by Walt Whitman, he describes human death and how each organism has a limited time on earth and that the limit can not be extended. This is shown in the quote: "This brain, and heart, and wondrous form Must all alike decay. ". Whitman states that ones body is harmed and killed in life while the soul will always remain intact even past death.
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Shermain McDaniel
5/4/2016 09:43:36 pm
I absolutely agree with you about your post because in the poem Whitman is trying to describe to us the death that he or someone else may be experiencing. Henceforce that their time on earth in the body is limited. Meanwhile the soul can still go about to the next stage of life. As described right here, “This brain, which now alternate throbs/ With swelling hope and gloomy fear; / This heart, with all the changing hues,/ That mortal passions bear—”.
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Patrick Pagan
5/4/2016 07:33:27 pm
The poem "To Think of Time", by Walt Whitman, he shows how life is important. He shows how life is temporary and everything is constantly dying everyday. He explains how death could strike at any moment and how valuable life truly is. This is shown in the following quote: "Not a day passes—not a minute or second, without an accouchement! Not a day passes—not a minute or second, without a corpse!". This is a great example of "The Soul of The World", since everything that exists will eventually end.
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Alexis Gray
5/4/2016 09:14:00 pm
I agree with your explanation. Whitman really tried to show how nature and human life eventually dies but also live in the world. He shows how the soul of the world is about how nature will eventually die. But you forgot to include the use of fate in "To Think of Time." "A reminiscence of the vulgar fate/ A frequent sample of the life and death of workmen."
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Jania Everman
5/4/2016 07:47:53 pm
In the poem "Time to Come" Walt Whitman writes "This brain, and heart, and wondrous form / Must all alike decay." Whitman expresses how the body in which his soul is in will soon be gone but his soul will live on. This is connected with Coelho's idea of "Soul of the World" because it portrays life after death.
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Bobbye McDaniel
5/5/2016 07:05:28 am
I see what you are saying J.V because in the poem "Time to Come" the author Walt Whitman does portrays life after death because he says “This brain, which now alternate throbs/ With swelling hope and gloomy fear;/ This heart, with all the changing hues,/ That mortal passions bear” (5-8). To show the transformation of life to death.
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Shermain McDaniel
5/4/2016 09:19:18 pm
In Walt Whitman's poem “Time To Come” he is describing how he is dieing. Meanwhile his soul will still live on and go to the next point in his live. As written in the poem “But where, O, /Nature, where shall be /The soul’s abiding place? /Will it e’en live? For though its light /Must shine till from the body torn; /Then, when the oil of life is spent,”. This goes along with Coelho’s idea of the Soul of The World because, he says that a pure soul can go through different types of nature.
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Edwin Miranda
5/4/2016 11:33:36 pm
In the poem "Time to come" by Walt Whitman, Whitman is describing the idea of death. Whitman describes how his body will be gone in this life but his soul would remain in the after life. Whitman is saying that you still can live on without a body. "This brain, and heart, and wondrous form/ Must all alike decay."
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Ariel
5/5/2016 04:15:41 am
In the poem, “I Sing the Body Electric” by Walt Whitman, the Soul of the World is the how the narrator views his “soul reflected in nature,” as well as fellow man. Throughout the poem, the narrator expresses his love for the world and the people in it, believing them all to be beautiful and significant. The narrator believes each member of the world is connected, and each has a part to play in the grand scheme of things: “All is a procession; / The universe is a procession, with measured and beautiful motion.” Whitman speaks of how both men and women are of the soul. He writes of the woman first, saying that she “Contains all qualities, and tempers them / She is all things duly veil’d.” Whitman the ventures of to claim that man is also of the soul: “The male is not less the soul, nor more—he too is in his place; / He too is all qualities—he is action and power; / The flush of the known universe is in him.”
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Ariel West*
5/5/2016 04:19:26 am
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Emery Olarte
5/5/2016 04:32:59 am
In Walt Whitman's poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly rocking" the birth and awakening of Whitman as a poet is being portrayed and it also displays how he develops his consciousness through the mentoring of nature. He describes the huge bond between mankind and the soul of the world when using personification to show just how connected both him and the sun are in life and how he is reliant on the sun's vast warmth: "Shine! shine! shine!
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Ariel West
5/5/2016 04:36:39 am
In Walt Whitman’s “A Passage to India”, Whitman expresses his belief that all things in the universe are interconnected: “Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first? / The earth to be spann’d, connected by network.” Not only does Whitman believe this, but he also strongly desires for it to be so: “The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, / The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, / The lands to be welded together.” Whitman’s desire for all beings and objects to work together and be connected mirror’s Coelho’s idea of the “Soul of the World”, a force which is inside of every person, designed to bring them together.
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Ariel West
5/5/2016 04:46:32 am
Walt Whitman’s poem, “Time to Come”, depicts a man’s impending and inevitable demise. The narrator describes his coming death: “The leaping blood will stop its flow; / The hoarse death-struggle pass; the cheek / Lay bloomless, and the liquid tongue / Will then forget to speak.” Whitman ponders the question of an afterlife, ultimately deciding that his fate is unknown: “In dark, uncertain awe it waits / The common doom, to die.” The final line of the poem, “The common doom, to die”, relates back to Coelho’s idea of a “Soul of the World”. For death is the one sure things all humans have in common, and it is in death that all will become part of the Soul of the World.
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Joseph Scroggs
5/5/2016 01:24:02 pm
I strongly agree with your statement that man's fate in death will be unknown until it happens and we all join the soul of the world. Whitman even says it within the beginning of the poem. "O, Death! a black and pierceless pall / Hangs round thee, and the future state; / No eye may see, no mind may grasp / That mystery of fate."
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John Jae Banag
5/5/2016 05:55:01 am
In Walt Whitman's poem, "Song of Myself (1892 version)", he depicts the idea of "soul of the world" by this quote, "There was never any more inception than there is now, Nor anymore youth or age than there is now, And will never be any more perfection than there is now, Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now" (3). This quote suggest that everything has purpose presently. Implying perfect as having both bad and good.
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Aristotle Chandler
5/5/2016 07:41:15 am
This also goes to "The Alchemist" because when Santiago is riding on the caravan with the Englishman the leader of his camel talks about everything being important in the present and that he doesn't worry about the future or the past he just stays in the present and enjoys it while he is alive.
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John Jae Banag
5/5/2016 06:03:22 am
In the poem "To Think of Time", Walt Whitman uses the concept of the "soul of the world" to describe the purpose of everything on earth. It states, "The sky continues beautiful, The pleasure of men with women shall never be sated, nor the pleasure of women with men, nor the pleasure from poems, The domestic joys, the daily housework or business, the building of houses-these are not phantasms-they have weight,form,location; Farms, profits, crops, markets, wages, government, are non of them phantasms, The difference between sin and goodness is no delusion, The earth is not an echo-man and his life, and all the things of his life, are well-consider'd" (6). We speak a language of purpose, and everything has a place on earth.
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Alexandra Labaisse
5/5/2016 06:41:35 am
Walt Whitman's "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" and Coelho's concept of the Soul of the World are quite related to each other. The Soul of the World is a force that binds all entities together, making them closer in the process. This is displayed in Whitman's poem by emphasizing the similar issues between the bird and the boy (losing their loved ones). The bird loses his mate: “Till of a sudden, /May-be kill’d, unknown to her mate, /One forenoon the she-bird crouch’d not on the nest, /Nor return’d that afternoon, nor the next, /Nor ever appear’d again.” Meanwhile, the boy has lost his brother, and he relates to the bird in a way: “O you singer solitary, singing by yourself, projecting me, /O solitary me listening, never more shall I cease perpetuating you.”.
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Shoshonna Scott
5/5/2016 06:45:01 am
In, "I Sing the Body Electric," Walt Whitman brings up the idea of the soul of the world being the body. In other words the soul of the world is the community as a body. Whitman states," And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul?" (8). The community, as a body, is the soul of the world. The community is what determines what the world is like.
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Delilah Dominguez
5/5/2016 06:08:57 pm
I agree with your comment and textual evidence. Whitman claims the body to be sacred "The man’s body is sacred, and the woman’s body is sacred; / No matter who it is, it is sacred". And that is not an item for action, being the "soul of the world" is what the world is like the us, just as you had implied.
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Alex Boyle
5/5/2016 06:45:34 am
The grave will take me; earth will close
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Alexandra Labaisse
5/5/2016 06:49:54 am
Walt Whitman’s “A Passage to India” is linked to Coelho’s idea of “The Soul of the World” by showing that all of the world in interconnected somehow: “The earth to be spann’d, connected by network, /The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, /The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, /The lands to be welded together.”.
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Alexis Gray
5/5/2016 06:54:18 am
In the "Passage to India" Whitman is trying to say that not only humans live on the earth. Nature and animals also coexist among them. They own half of the world as do humans, and yet all share it equally. This is similar to the "Soul of the World." The soul of the world is talking about the infusion throughout nature and so is this passage.
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Alexis Gray
5/5/2016 06:55:34 am
I forgot to put textual evidence. "Not you alone, proud truths of the world/Nor you alone, ye facts of modern science."
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Edwin Miranda
5/5/2016 07:15:09 am
In the poem "To think of time" by Walt Whitman, Whitman describes the importance of life. Whitman is trying to show that life is precious and that one should love living it before it ends. It connects with the soul of the world because it's saying how everything will eventually end so you should enjoy every part of the life your current living. "How beautiful and perfect are the animals! / How perfect the earth, and the minutest thing upon it!"
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Aristotle Chandler
5/5/2016 07:34:24 am
This applies to "The Alchemist" because when he is on the caravan one of the leaders talks about how the world all ends one day and that dying today would be just as bad as dying tomorrow so enjoy everything when it happens and don't worry about the future or past.
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Aristotle Chandler
5/5/2016 07:32:02 am
In"to think of time" Whitman shows that all things are one and we are all here to do our part, this is like the book "The Alchemist" when Santiago talks about how the world is connected and everything has its purpose as said by the soul of the world and that everything is written by one hand, which is as the Caravan leader says "Whichever god you believe in."
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Joseph Scroggs
5/5/2016 07:36:29 am
In "To Think of Time," Walt Whitman says that we all must give a meaning to our future or else we have given no meaning to our past or present. He says "Is to-day nothing? Is the beginningless past nothing? /If the future is nothing, they are just as surely nothing."
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Natalia Hernandez
5/5/2016 02:11:09 pm
I completely agree with you, Whitman does give his understanding that we all give our time for a bigger meaning, or else we having nothing to look forward to. "Have you guess’d you yourself would not continue? /Have you dreaded these earth-beetles?/Have you fear’d the future would be nothing to you?"
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Aristotle Chandler
5/5/2016 07:36:51 am
In the poem "Song to Myself" Whitman talks about "My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air," which can relate to "The Alchemist" because the desert people talk about how everything is connected and that whenever you die you just become part of the soul of the world, living in the trees and plants.
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Jania Everman
5/5/2016 07:48:53 am
In the poem "Passage from India" Whitman writes, "Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first? / The earth to be spann’d, connected by network, / The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, / The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, / The lands to be welded together." Whitman is using god as the center of a global network that is "diffused throughout the all nature", which is an idea from Coelho's idea of "Soul of the World".
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Edwin Miranda
5/5/2016 06:32:30 pm
I completely agree with your statement, Whitman is trying to explain that God is the center of all things and that everything is interconnected. " Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first?/The earth to be spann’d, connected by network." Whitman gives the idea that he wants everything in the world to be connected.
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Jacob Wang
5/5/2016 10:43:26 am
In the piece from "Passage to India" Whitman discusses the idea that the world is connected. "The earth to be spann’d, connected by network, / The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, / The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, / The lands to be welded together." This idea is the very basis of the "Soul of the World" where there is a flow of energy that goes through all things ever created.
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Rachel Riley
5/5/2016 10:56:19 am
In 'From A Passage to India' the author, Walt Whitman writes, "Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first?
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Emery Olarte
5/5/2016 11:01:00 am
In "A Passage to India" Walt Whitman is able to convey similarities with Coelho's idea of "The soul of the world" when he points out how every object, every force of nature, and all life on the earth was given a purpose by God, a purpose that fits perfectly into the puzzle in which our earth is structured off of: "Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first?/The earth to be spann’d, connected by network,/The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage,/The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near,/The lands to be welded together."
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Bobbye McDaniel
5/5/2016 02:13:26 pm
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Joseph Scroggs
5/5/2016 01:18:57 pm
In "Passage to India," Walt Whitman describes how science and myth are slowly changing together. Things that were thought to be myth were proven, yet also disproven by science at the same time. He says this in the very first two lines of the poem- "Not you alone, proud truths of the world, / Nor you alone, ye facts of modern science,"
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Bobbye McDaniel
5/5/2016 01:21:56 pm
In the poem “Time to come” by the author Walt Whitman, he describes the transformation of leaving the earth “The grave will take me; earth will close/O’er cold dull limbs and ashy face;”(17-18). Whitman then talks about the soul and how it can not leave but wonders “But where, O, Nature, where shall be/ The soul’s abiding place?”(19-20). This can go with Coelho’s idea of “Soul of the World”.
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Bobbye McDaniel
5/5/2016 01:42:43 pm
In the poem “from A Passage to India” by Walt Whitman, he speaks of God and how he is network of everything “Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first?/ The earth to be spann’d, connected by network,”(16-17). Whitman’s writing goes with the “Soul of the World” idea because they both are talking about a soul greater than all that is the center of the network.
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John Jae Banag
5/5/2016 05:41:31 pm
I completely agree with what you have stated Bobbye. The quote you use from "A Passage to India" shows a great relation with the idea of "Soul of the World" as it represents their actions being connected with its inhabitants. The interconnectedness shows how God have set a purpose for its people, where earth could benefit.
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Joseph Scroggs
5/5/2016 01:46:47 pm
In "Song of Myself," Whitman describes how even the once all powerful gods fed into the soul of the world by describing in the lines "Taking myself the exact dimensions of Jehovah, / Lithographing Kronos, Zeus his son, and Hercules his grandson, / Buying drafts of Osiris, Isis, Belus, Brahma, Buddha, / In my portfolio placing Manito loose, Allah on a leaf, the crucifix engraved, / With Odin and the hideous-faced Mexitli and every idol and image, / Taking them all for what they are worth and not a cent more, / Admitting they were alive and did the work of their days,"
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Bobbye McDaniel
5/5/2016 02:02:35 pm
In the poem “I Sing the Body Electric” by Walt Whitman is saying how the body is the soul because the body is a sacred thing “I believe the likes of you are to stand or fall with the likes of the Soul, (and that they are the Soul;)” (132). It can discover nature like the “Soul of the World” travels and discovers the world also nature.
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Jessica Martinez
5/5/2016 09:57:43 pm
I agree with you, and I would also like to add to your comment that Walt Whitman's goal into writing this poem is to make his readers understand and appreciate the human body and what different parts of the body signify to the soul.
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Natalia Hernandez
5/5/2016 02:07:01 pm
In Whitman’s “To Think of Time” , he explains that one goes on day by day, not acknowledging the beauty of the precious time one would invest in an everyday task. He emphasizes on the simple pleasure in life,he picks at the small things because together all this movement paints a bigger picture , the soul of the universe. “To think how much pleasure there is!/ Have you pleasure from looking at the sky? have you pleasure from poems?/ Do you enjoy yourself in the city? or planning a nomination and election? or with your wife and family?/Or with your mother and sisters? or in womanly housework? or the beautiful maternal cares?/-These also flow onward to others-you flow onward,/ But in due time you and I, shall take less interest in them.”(48-55)
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Shermain McDaniel
5/5/2016 04:32:01 pm
The excerpt “A Passage to India” by Walt Whitman he is talking about how people see the world in different ways. Whether they saw the truths, the modern, science, myths’ or fables. Either way he made the world seemed like a network that is supposed to be to used everyday. . As said right here,”Not you alone, proud truths of the world,/ Nor you alone, ye facts of modern science,/ But myths and fables of eld,”. And as written right here,.”The earth to be spann’d, connected by network,/ The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage,/ The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, / The lands to be welded together.”. The goes with Coelho’s idea of the world because he says that philosophers have been diffusing nature throughout all of time.
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Delilah Dominguez
5/5/2016 04:48:41 pm
In the Walt Whitman’s poem “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking”, Whitman uses the concept of the soul of the world. He connects the idea of the soul of the world to the by the lines of “This brain, which now alternate throbs / With swelling hope and gloomy fear; / This heart, with all the changing hues, / That mortal passions bear— / This curious frame of human mould, / Where unrequited cravings play, / This brain, and heart, and wondrous form / Must all alike decay. /....But where, O, Nature, where shall be / The soul’s abiding place?” This deliberately connect to the theme, by the reasoning of Paul Coelho’s soul of the world is the that the heart and soul are just little pieces of the Soul of the World. And that when we open our heart, the soul of the world begins to come in, like when Wickman talks of opening the heart up and nature entering.
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Delilah Dominguez
5/5/2016 05:22:46 pm
In the Walt Whitman’s poem “To Think of Time” the idea of Coelho’s “Soul of the World” is detected quite easily “swear I think now that everything without exception has an eternal Soul! / The trees have, rooted in the ground! The weeds of the sea have! The animals!” Whitman has gave the trees and their roots a bigger meaning to life, such as Coelho when he connects his charter to asking the wind and the sun for answers claiming them the “souls of the world.” Speaking to them, but not receiving, the elements not being sufficient, till he learns to open his heart. Putting everything together as Whickman also does, “And all preparation is for it! and identity is for it! / and life and materials are altogether for it!”
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Korey Carvil
5/5/2016 05:37:47 pm
In the poem "To Think of Time" Walt Whitman ties time to the soul of the world by saying. "The law of the past cannot be eluded,/
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Michael Harris
5/5/2016 05:45:38 pm
In the poem "Time to Come" by Walt Whitman, Whitman talks about the topic of whether there is indeed an afterlife after death or if there really isn't . Whitman decides to connect the idea of where a person soul goes to Coelho's idea of the "Soul of the World" by telling about how a person returns to the Earth after their death "The grave will take me; earth will close
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Korey Carvil
5/5/2016 06:22:54 pm
I completely agree this is also shown when in the poem "Time to Come" Whitman says "O, Nature, where shall be /The soul’s abiding place?" he is questioning where his soul will go after he dies and if it will go anywhere, this helps the reader to understand that the soul will eventually become apart of the "Soul of The World".
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Lekera Brown
5/8/2016 07:49:59 pm
In “I Sing the Body Electric”, Walt Whitman worships the significance of unique parts of the body that work together as a unified whole but also he makes a point that the body and the soul are inextricably intertwined. In the poem he says, “O I say, these are not the parts of the poems of the Body only, but of the soul, / O I say now these are the soul!” This is similar to the idea of the soul of the world.
Delilah Dominguez
5/5/2016 05:47:42 pm
Walt Whitman’s poem “I Sing the Body of Electric” Whitman is praising the human body,claiming them (both the males and females body)to be sacred, He preaches the importance of taking care the body and soul. Whitman then says, “And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul?”,this meaning could be taken as the body and the soul are one, and without one you can not have the other. The body is sacred and leads the connection of the “soul of the world” is within ourselves.
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Michael Harris
5/5/2016 05:52:12 pm
In the poem "To Think of Time", Walt Whitman uses the idea of the "soul of the world" in order to indeed describe the purpose of everything that exists on the face of the earth. It states, "The sky continues beautiful, The pleasure of men with women shall never be sated, nor the pleasure of women with men, nor the pleasure from poems, The domestic joys, the daily housework or business, the building of houses-these are not phantasms-they have weight,form,location; Farms, profits, crops, markets, wages, government, are non of them phantasms, The difference between sin and goodness is no delusion, The earth is not an echo-man and his life, and all the things of his life, are well-consider'd" (6). This indeed means that we speak a language that has purpose, and everything that's on earth has a place and a purpose for being here.
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Michael Harris
5/5/2016 05:56:38 pm
In the poem "I Sing the Body Electric" Walt Whitman puts a lot on the very idea that every single human has many similarities such as their body and soul. Whitman states in the poem that "There is something in staying close to men and women, and looking on them, and in the contact and odor of them, that pleases the soul well; / All things please the soul—but these please the soul well." (50-52). Whitman is trying to get the point across that everyone has a soul in which that compares to the idea of the "Soul of the World" which says that it is diffused throughout all nature.
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In the poem "To Think of Time" by Walt Whitman the earth and every living thing and action upon it is described as having a connection as the "Soul of the World" in the lines
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Edwin Miranda
5/5/2016 06:19:59 pm
In the poem "A Passage to India" by Walt Whitman, Whitman is saying how everybody sees the world in a different view but everything is connected together. "Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first?/The earth to be spann’d, connected by network." He connects to the "Soul of the world" by explaining that all of the world is somehow connected.
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Jared Pierce
5/5/2016 06:28:13 pm
I agree with what you said about tying in with soul of the world in that everything is connected or meant to be connected in some way. When Whitman writes, "The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage,
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Korey Carvil
5/5/2016 07:10:46 pm
In the poem "I Sing the Body Electric," Walt Whitman displays his questioning on what exactly the soul is and where it is located is said soul inside of each of us. "And if the body does not do as much as the Soul? /And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul?" and Whitman is questioning the connection of this soul with the "soul of the world"
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In Walt Whitman's poem "Time to Come" he talks about how the human brain cannot perceive what becomes of it or what becomes of the soul after death in these lines:
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Jacob Wang
5/5/2016 09:33:52 pm
I wish you had given more detail on this poem "Time to Come." I find that Whitmans connection to the soul of the world is in lines 19-20 "But where, O, Nature, where shall be / The soul’s abiding place?" Whitman here asks where do we belong after death and what is our soul. Coelho says in "Soul of the World" That nature is one giant soul that includes all living an nonliving things in the world. This would answer the question that Whitman states about where our soul belongs after death.
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Alex Boyle
5/5/2016 07:13:29 pm
There is something in staying close to men and women, and looking on them, and in the contact and odor of them, that pleases the soul well; 50
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Alex Boyle
5/5/2016 07:16:10 pm
Yes, my brother, I know;
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Emery Olarte
5/5/2016 07:56:04 pm
Hello Alex Boyle. I see that you are almost quite there and I can see the road that you are attempting to travel, but I see multiple flaws in your post. First off, Your whole post is basically the quote which isn't even put in quotes. It is also jumbled up and structured poorly. I was once taught by a wise woman that cited quotes also do not start off the sentence in any form of literature and I believe that you have submitted a weak reason behind the prompt of this assignment. Although what you said is still a bit relevant to the topic, I believe you have provided too little analysis to back up your reasoning. If I were you Alex Boyle, I would state just how adjusted the poet is to the world and how through his time and experience with it, that he is able to feel divinity and the fusion between man and "the soul of the world", which is the apparent concept being presented by both Coelho and Whitman.
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Emery Olarte Again
5/5/2016 08:00:53 pm
Also
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Ms. Davis
5/10/2016 05:49:14 am
Your posts contain very little analysis. You merely cut and pasted large chunks of text.
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In Walt Whitman's excerpt from "A Passage to India" he makes an outline as to how everyone and everything is connected socially and by an unseen bond, as is done in his previous works, with these lines :
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Andrew Hornof
5/5/2016 09:03:41 pm
I agree with you that in "A Passage to India" Whitman makes an outline of how everyone and everything is connected socially, but I think he is also trying to say they are also connected geologically, "The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, / The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, /The lands to be welded together. "
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Korey Carvil
5/5/2016 07:23:16 pm
In the poem "To Think of Time," Whitman talks about the future and past relating these things to the "soul of the world" by saying "Have you fear’d the future would be nothing to you? /Is to-day nothing? Is the beginningless past nothing? /If the future is nothing, they are just as surely nothing." in this he is questioning if the future and past are really part of this soul.
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Andrew Hornof
5/5/2016 07:59:25 pm
In the poem "A Passage to India" Whitman makes a huge connection to the idea of "Soul of the World" with this quote, "Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first?/ The earth to be spann’d, connected by network,/The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage," he is saying that God, from the beginning, wanted everyone to be connected to each other, especially by himself, which is very reminiscent to the idea of "Soul of the World" that everyone is connected by some spirit or power.
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Andrew Hornof
5/5/2016 08:22:29 pm
In the poem "I sing the Body Electric" Whitman explains a bit about the "males soul" and it having its place in the universe and how it has its purpose, and he also says that information about the universe is in him, and that his knowledge connects every male in the world to each other. "The male is not less the soul, nor more—he too is in his place;/ He too is all qualities—he is action and power;/ The flush of the known universe is in him;"
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Ondra Ryan
5/5/2016 08:25:23 pm
In the poem "A Passage to India" by Walt Whitman he relates this to Coelho's "Soul of the World" by saying, "Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first? The earth to be spann’d, connected by network, The races, neighbors, to marry and be given in marriage, The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, The lands to be welded together."
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Jacob Wang
5/5/2016 09:28:05 pm
I agree but you seem to have lacked detail. When Whitman writes "Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first? / The earth to be spann’d, connected by network," He means that God is the single soul that can be found in Coelho's "Soul of the World" He also describes the interconnections through earth as a network or system. This is where the soul of the world says that the soul is the network.
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Ondra Ryan
5/5/2016 08:32:27 pm
In the poem "Time to come" by Walt Whitman, he familiarizes this to Coelho's "Soul of the World" but by questioning saying, "No eye may see, no mind may grasp That mystery of fate." and he also says, "But where, O, Nature, where shall be The soul’s abiding place? Will it e’en live? For though its light Must shine till from the body torn; Then, when the oil of life is spent,Still shall the taper burn?"
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Andrew Hornof
5/5/2016 08:53:10 pm
In the Poem "To Think of Time" Whitman refers to the idea of "Soul of the world" as something that is 100% true, that the animals the trees the plants, all of them have a soul, just like the idea of "Soul of the World" that there is some "soul" that all things have that connected them. "'I swear I think now that everything without exception has an eternal Soul! The trees have, rooted in the ground! the weeds of the sea have! the animals!"
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Ondra Ryan
5/5/2016 09:21:02 pm
In the poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" by Walt Whitman, he shows that this is like Coelho's "Soul of the World" by saying, "Hither, my love! Here I am! Here! With this just-sustain’d note I announce myself to you; This gentle call is for you, my love, for you." showing that love is an essential key to a good life.
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Jacob Wang
5/5/2016 09:23:53 pm
In "To think of Time" Whitman describes how even though we may die something keeps moving on through the earth. He Shows how time never stops and how we just become a part of it. "These also flow onward to others—you and I flow onward," This relates to the idea that we are all part of a giant soul that encounters all in all periods of time.
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Jessica Martinez
5/5/2016 09:42:19 pm
In the poem, "I Sing the Body Electric," Walt Whitman compares the soul to the body. He describes how every detail, every expression of the body, speaks for the soul, and to understand the soul you must understand the physical body. Just like every plant, animal, or element on the earth speak for "The Soul of the World". "O my Body! I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the parts of you; / I believe the likes of you are to stand or fall with the likes of the Soul."
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Jessica Martinez
5/5/2016 09:43:19 pm
In "A Passage to India," Whitman is comparing how the obsticles in the world, for example, lies, myths, distractions, and misunderstandings can take you away from what "The Soul of the World' really is. In the poem, Whitman mentions the "myths and fables of eld, Asia’s, Africa’s fables,/ The far-darting beams of the spirit, the unloos’d dreams, / The deep diving bibles and legends," and wishes that the truth of Asia and Africa could be told.
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Jessica Martinez
5/5/2016 09:44:28 pm
Walt Whitman's poem, "To Think of Time" conveys a similar idea to Coelho's idea of "The Soul of the World" because it talks about how everything in the world works together. For example, it mentions how "The markets, the government, the working-man's wages," work together with the sky, the time, and the plants in the world, to create a beautiful world. "How perfect the earth, and the minutest thing upon it!"
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Lekera Brown
5/8/2016 06:36:53 pm
In Walt Whitman's poem, “To Think of Time” he connects to the soul of the world by stating that that everyone that is born has a purpose in the world but will die and it is apart of life. When he writes “D0 you suspect death? If I were to suspect death I should die now, / Do you think I could walk pleasantly and well-suited / toward annihilation?” He tells us that although death is inescapable and time will pass, we must continue to live.
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