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The Idea of Music in "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking"

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Reads Whitman's "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" in terms of the poem's indebtedness to music, especially Italian Opera, arguing that music plays "not only a structural role, but a symbolic one," and that the "solution ('clew') to the ultimate mystery of being is, for Whitman, an essentially musical solution."

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How to Cite: Mayhan, W. F. (1996) “The Idea of Music in "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking"”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. 13(3). doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1468