![]() ![]() ![]() So go out there while you can and be familiar with all the unfamiliar experiences that the world has to offer to you. And spending a part of your life in getting familiar with such wonders is a life well lived. You can read the travel accounts of the travelers from the past thousands of years ago from Ibn Batuta, Megasthenes, to Hiuen Tsang and many others –all of them have one thing in common which is that the world is full of wonders and people that are even unimaginable to the most creative minds. For whatever purpose the journey was undertaken, it has always been worth it. Whitman exalts the carefree pleasures of traveling, encouraging others to break free from their stifling domestic attachments to join him. The 15-stanza poem is an optimistic paean to wanderlust. The poem speaks about the freedom the speaker feels on his journey. Song of the Open Road, poem by Walt Whitman, first published in the second edition of Leaves of Grass in 1856. But still travelling as an activity (and necessity) thrived. Popularity of Song of the Open Road: Walt Whitman, a renowned American poet wrote ‘Song of the Open Road’.It is a famous narrative poem about life lessons, observations, and joy. ![]() And what not threats traveling possessed before the age of renaissance. Have you ever wondered why does “travel” acquire such an important seat in the politics of human life? Why it has been such a crucial potter in the shaping of human history?Įven before the age of Facebook and Instagram, people travelled miles and miles across oceans and mountains despite travel being so uncomfortable and sometimes even life threatening. I find myself rummaging through various sections of the unorganized library of my thoughts to look for a strand that I might be able to deconstruct into a readable article that somehow relates to travel.įinally picking on a strand of thought that needed some dusting and polishing before it could be put into words here I am with a travel thought, if it can be considered so (what are labels anyway but mere words!). Chapter 2.1 Song of the Open Road Brainstorming (A1) Q 2. Balbharati English Yuvakbharati 12th Standard HSC Maharashtra State Board. The title of the poem is significant and apt. Chapter 2.1: Song of the Open Road - Brainstorming (A1) APPEARS IN. Walt Whitman, an American poet, is often called as ‘The Father of free verse’. It enlightens us with the poet’s self-realizations about the journey of life. Through his poem, the poet tells how he himself walks on this open road. It is a beautiful blend of human feelings. This poem talks about the road of life on which each person undertakes a long journey. In my previous articles, I have already written about how travelling is an experience and not a mere sight seeing activity, how it is not something that will change your life but rather a medium that might change your perception on things, how it is not the destination itself that gives meaning to the act of travelling but the situations, people and emotions encountered on the way to reach that destination. The poem ‘Song of the Open Road’ is taken from ‘Leaves of Grass’ by Walt Whitman. ![]()
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