Song+of+Open+Road

Allons! the inducements shall be greater, We will sail pathless and wild seas, We will go where winds blow, waves dash, and the Yankee clipper speeds by under full sail.

Allons! with power, liberty, the earth, the elements, Health, defiance, gayety, self-esteem, curiosity; Allons! from all formules! From your formules, O bat-eyed and materialistic priests.

The stale cadaver blocks up the passage-the burial waits no longer.

Allons! yet take warning! He traveling with me needs the best blood,thews, endurance, None may come to the trial till he or she bring courage and health, Come not here if you have already spent the best of yourself, Only those may come who come in sweet and determin'd bodies, No diseas'd person, no rum-drinker or venereal taint is permitted here.

(I and mine do not convince by arguments, similes, rhymes, We convince by our presence.)

My favorite line of this particular section is, "He traveling with me needs the best blood, thews, endurance"

This line means Whitman wants tough people traveling with him, as well as very good natured people. This shows the kind of people Whitman would want to travel with him. My question for the other group members is what qualities would you look for in a person whom would travel with you? 1200521731

My favorite line of this passage is just the word "ALLONS! Yet Take Warning" Whitman is saying that we have to be ready to do what we are told with out asking questions. It is almost a preparation state that we should know it is coming. This also relates to the road in a sense that we should be prepared to take the road and never leave it. To answer Joey's question I would want a person who was willing to follow with no regrets and never look back what is done is done and we can't change what has happend. 1200527760 I particularly favor the last little part of the poem. When Walt Whitman says, "(I and mine do not convince by arguments, similies, rhymes, We convince by our presence.)." This part was one that I thought was very neccessary to have in this section. He's saying that its not really his words and what he says from his mouth, but its more about what his actions were in your presence. 1200577459