From Outsetting Bard to Mature Poet: Whitman's "Out of the Cradle" and the Sea-Drift Cluster

A. James Wohlpart

doi:10.13008/2153-3695.1315

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From Outsetting Bard to Mature Poet: Whitman's "Out of the Cradle" and the Sea-Drift Cluster

Abstract

Examines the theme of immortality in "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," situating the poem in the larger context of the Sea-Drift cluster; argues that because previous readings have "attempted to see in that poem the full growth of the poet, the richness of the cluster as a whole has been lost."

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How to Cite: Wohlpart, A. J. (1991) “From Outsetting Bard to Mature Poet: Whitman's "Out of the Cradle" and the Sea-Drift Cluster”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. 9(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1315