Whitman died chasing Champollion, seeking
grammar for God, a uniform hieroglyphic.
American answers for Egyptian enigmas.
Still, he found no stone, no Virginia Rosetta.
Dead language. Dead union. Leaves of grace.
Whitman died chasing Champollion, seeking
grammar for God, a uniform hieroglyphic.
American answers for Egyptian enigmas.
Still, he found no stone, no Virginia Rosetta.
Dead language. Dead union. Leaves of grace.
Which parts of it are giving you trouble?
"If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia."
- Margaret Atwood
basically all of it, i do know what rosetta stone, hieroglyphics, and champollion mean though. thanks.
I interpret it to mean that Whitman died without making any great discovery or revelation. He unravelled no enigmas. His Rosetta stone was not found.
In pretty much every poem, there is always a contrast or conflict. Identify the conflict, and you have the basis of an interpretation.Originally Posted by reyrey389
A beautiful poem regardless of how you decide to interpret it.
De omnibus dubitandum.
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