"To A Stranger" by Walt Whitman analysis

The poem "To A Stranger," by Walt Whitman can be interpreted in a vast variety of ways. In my opinion, it is Whitman meeting or seeing God in a dream or vision, his quest for another sight of Him, and the knowing that the wait will be worth it. The first two lines of the poem show the how the narrator longs for a this person, who is, in my opinion, God. "I have somewhere, surely," and "lived a life of joy with you," in lines six and seven tell of the life that Whitman has lived with the stranger without even really knowing him or her. In the third stanza, the narrator tells of how much time was spent together between the stranger and the narrator; they literally did everything together, just like how he would have done everything with God. In the last stanza, Whitman talks about how he is not to speak to the stranger, he can only think of him or her. Whitman knows that they will meet again, and he knows that then, they will not be separated. All of these seem very similar to prayer and thoughts of heaven, and for that reason, I believe that this stranger in Whitman's poem is God.

Equality

Equality is a strange concept. According to the Declaration of Independence, all men are created equal, but this concept seems to have fallen into the lower tiers in the priorities of society. Personally, I believe that in our society, we are not born into an equal place. I believe that take our society away, and we would all be born into an extremely equal place. Some may possess a level of natural ability, but we would all be essentially equal. By saying we all are not born equal into our society is blatantly true. Due to social Darwinism, money has become a genetic trait that stays with families, perhaps even multiplying over the years. Sure, there are stories of people striking rich on Microsoft or oil, but this nearly ever happens. That genetic trait is then put into another family. These "traits" also divide the gap between upper and lower class even more. Since our society is driven by the dollar in an absolute manor, those who are born with money are worth more than those born without it. This is a sad thought, but it is absolutely true. Since we live in a society with money being what makes the world turn, the more money you have the more value you are to society; there fore, if you are born into money, you are born into a higher place into society than someone born without. Perhaps in another place this would not be the case, but this is the absolutely the truth in the United States, whether we would like to admit it or not.

Equality

Equality is a strange concept. According to the Declaration of Independence, all men are created equal, but this concept seems to have fallen into the lower tiers in the priorities of society. Personally, I believe that in our society, we are not born into an equal place. I believe that take our society away, and we would all be born into an extremely equal place. Some may possess a level of natural ability, but we would all be essentially equal. By saying we all are not born equal into our society is blatantly true. Due to social Darwinism, money has become a genetic trait that stays with families, perhaps even multiplying over the years. Sure, there are stories of people striking rich on Microsoft or oil, but this nearly ever happens. That genetic trait is then put into another family. These "traits" also divide the gap between upper and lower class even more. Since our society is driven by the dollar in an absolute manor, those who are born with money are worth more than those born without it. This is a sad thought, but it is absolutely true. Since we live in a society with money being what makes the world turn, the more money you have the more value you are to society; there fore, if you are born into money, you are born into a higher place into society than someone born without. Perhaps in another place this would not be the case, but this is the absolutely the truth in the United States, whether we would like to admit it or not.