Movie Details
Original Language:English
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America Walt Whitman
"Walt Whitmans own voice reciting lines from his poem America"Movie
DirectorH. Paul Moon
4 minDocumentary
Plot
The confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was politically divisive but Walt Whitmans 19th century wisdom remains timeless In 1892 the poet wrote in prose I have sometimes thought indeed that the sole avenue and means of a reconstructed sociology depended primarily on a new birth elevation expansion invigoration of woman Towards the end of his life in 1888 he added America to his collection Leaves of Grass and then recited four lines from the poem onto a wax cylinder recording before he died it is the only record of his voice in existence Centre of equal daughters equal sons All all alike endeard grown ungrown young or old Strong ample fair enduring capable rich Perennial with the Earth with Freedom Law and Love And the written poem proceeds to say A grand sane towering seated Mother Chaird in the adamant of Time
