Crossing Brooklyn Ferry: One and the Same Walt Whitman asks himself and the reader of the poem, "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," what significance a person's life holds in the scope of densely populated planet. The poem explores the difficulties of discovering the relevance of life. The methods that helped Whitman grasp his own idea of the importance of life are defined with some simple yet insightful and convincing observations. By living under and for the standards of others, a person can never live a fulfilling life. Distinguishing oneself from the mobs of society c....

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