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What does this line by Walt Whitman mean?
10-02-2012, 04:08 AM
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What does this line by Walt Whitman mean?
"Does the daylight astonish?"

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Do you take it I would astonish? Does the daylight astonish? does the early redstart twittering through the woods? Do I astonish more than they?
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10-02-2012, 04:16 AM
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as·ton·ish/əˈstäniSH/
Verb: Surprise or impress (someone) greatly.
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10-02-2012, 04:16 AM
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Whitman is asking (paraphrased) Big Grino you think I could be a surprise? Does the daylight surprise [people]? Does the morning sun through the woods surprise? Do I surprise people more than daylight and sunrises?
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