"Calvary Crossing a Ford"

In Walt Whitman's poem "Cavalry Crossing a Ford", it talks about a river on a beautiful day being swarmed to by animals and men. The third line in Whitman's poem sets the scene for the poem "Behold the silvery river—in it the splashing horses, loitering, stop to drink;". It makes the reader feel as if it is a beautiful day out even though it feels like negative -40 degrees where we are. Even though it was a short poem, it was a good one that satisfied a reader.

As it says in this literary criticism, Whitman was "a native and naive genius" (Longabucco). He loved to talk about nature and be apart of it. This is just like Thoreau and hit thoughts on nature. Thoreau lived in nature and spent as much time as possible in it. Thoreau and Whitman are one in the same to an extent because they both believed in natural stuff and wanted to spend time in nature. I found this interesting and think that if the two of them could have lunch together they would talk about a lot of the same things and agree with each other a lot and everything they wrote about. They would probably be those people that if they did get in a disagreement, it would be a huge deal over something nothing. They would hate each other one day and then the situation would get resolved and they would be best friends again the next. Since I did most of this blog during class I kind of lost track of what I was talking about and am sincerely sorry if the transition from what I just wrote and what I wrote the other day makes no sense and is extremely confusing. I meant to finish it in class, but the bell rang before I could.  Bottom line, both authors and Emerson too were fantastic and legendary.

Longabucco, Matt. "The Proof of a Poet"—Walt Whitman and His Critics" Walt Whitman, Bloom's BioCritiques. Facts On File, Inc., 2008.Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.

Whitman, Walt. "Calvary Crossing a Ford". Philadelphia: David McKay, Bartleby.com, 1999. www.bartleby.com/142/. 10 Feb. 2012