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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Song of the Open Road Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Walt Whitman was a poet that rejoiced in being alive and healthy, happy...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Walt Whitman was a poet that rejoiced in being alive and healthy, happy and free.  He loved to explore and write about his meetings with all types of people.  He enjoyed nature, hunting, walking, being outside, meeting laborers and skilled people, and learning about their trades and lifestyles.  All in all, he expressed appreciation and joy for every aspect of being alive.
In these lines, Whitman is simply expressing happiness as he hits...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does this quote mean from "Song of the Open Road" by Walt Whitman?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What does this quote mean from "Song of the Open Road" by Walt Whitman?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:43:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I was reading "Song of the Open Road" by Walt Whitman and I completely...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I was reading "Song of the Open Road" by Walt Whitman and I completely did not understand the poem. Can someone explain it to me with lots of details?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:22:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Much of understanding this poem is understanding to things: 1) The title...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Much of understanding this poem is understanding to things: 1) The title and 2) Walt Whitman.
Lets talk Walt Whitman first.  He was a true Romantic in the sense that as a writer he championed all the ideals of the Romantic era of writing.  He glorified nature and the human spirit.  He championed democracy and "seeking" soul.  He believed in the beauty and the power of the human spirit.
Now look at the title.  "Song of the Open Road" is a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:27:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The poem conveys the narrator's joy and delight in being on the open...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The poem conveys the narrator's joy and delight in being on the open road, which translates into a love of freedom and the open spaces that being in the outdoors provides.  He feels released from the confines of closed spaces.

"Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, Strong and content I travel the open road." (Whitman)

He is really talking about life, in part he tells us that even though he is travelling on the open...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:25:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In this poem Whitman celebrates the out-of-doors, and  the road in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In this poem Whitman celebrates the out-of-doors, and  the road in particular, as a space where men can come  together in a meaningful way, where status and social  markers matter less.  A road is something everyone  uses, whether they are rich or poor, and it forces  all levels of people to associate with one another.   The road, furthermore, signifies mobility: one can  take the road to somewhere new, and in America that  means somewhere one...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:18:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the poem "Song of the Open Road" by Walt Whitman, What does the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the poem "Song of the Open Road" by Walt Whitman, What does the 'road' stand for in the poem?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 16:43:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the setting of Song of the Open Road?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the setting of Song of the Open Road?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:44:53 PST</pubDate>
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