Whitman and the Afterlife: "Sparkles from the Wheel"

William J Scheick

doi:10.13008/2153-3695.1703

Notes

Whitman and the Afterlife: "Sparkles from the Wheel"

Abstract

Reads "Sparkles from the Wheel" as a poem "about time, especially in relation to the afterlife," that views life as "an ongoing sequence of spiraling trajectories in which every ending is always a new beginning."

Keywords:

How to Cite: Scheick, W. J. (2002) “Whitman and the Afterlife: "Sparkles from the Wheel"”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. 20(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1703