Song+for+Occupation!!

I thought this peom was very good. I enjoyed reading it. It was the peom that was chosen for my group in class to present. We had a real easy time reading and working with it. I like how it talked about all different types of jobs and not just one. That helps people relate to it more. One part of the peom that really stuck out to me was:

"I bring what you much need yet always have, Not money, amours, dress, eating, erudition, but as good, I send no agent or medium, offer no representative of value, but offer the value itself."

Those few lines showed the true importance of jobs i think. Its not the money you get out of the job, its not the nice stuff that comes from jobs, its not the obvious things you learn from a day at work or whats expected, its the full value of the job. Its what you take from the job and how you use what you learn from it. Its how you present it and how you present yourself from and for it.1200541599

I actaully kind of liked this poem by Whitman. I think it was very well written and was pleasant to read. This was the poem and my group and I read to the class and it was an easy poem to break up.

The lines that appealed most to me when read aloud were:

"The wide, and she is not one jot less than the husband, The daughter, and she is just as good as the son, The mother, and she is every bit as much as the father."

I also considered those lines to be meaningful. They point out that woman, too, are important in the working world. During this time woman weren't considered as equal to men, they would work at home, etc. and so to me this is one of Whitmans things that went against society (at that time).1200855891

I didn't have to read this poem as my group poem, but i enjoyed listening to it. I thought that it was the type of poem that was an easy understanding one. I along with bkr really like the quote:

"I bring what you much need yet always have, Not money amours, dress, eating, erudition, but as good, I send no agent or medium, offer no representative of value, but offer the value itself."

I think that he explains all of the different aspects of life that are available. He tells us that we don't need to worry about the things we do in life, just as long as we're happy and take full advantage of the life we have been givin. We were all put into the same world, but it's up to us on what we decide to do with our lives and what we make out of it.1201128004ape2