When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
Describe symbolism in When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer by Walt Whitman
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When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer, originally published in Whitman's Leaves of Grass, is in total, a symbol of his self and the seed of his eternal self-expression.
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer