The World Below the Brine is a poem written by Walt Whitman that portrays an undersea world that comes from his imagination. I like this poem of his because I really like the outdoors and nature and this poem gives a really good description of what he thinks the bottom of the ocean looks like. It really captures my interest as he describes the creatures and the scenery of the ocean floor. He goes through the plants, colors, creatures, feelings and even adds in a part about dumb swimmers trying to understand what they are seeing. Using all the senses Whitman accurately describes his version of a underwater habitat. It's almost changing a way of thinking very calm and full of serenity, here is my favorite line from the poem;
"Passions there, wars, pursuits, tribes, sight in those ocean-depths, breathing that thick-breathing air, as so many do,
The change thence to the sight here, and to the subtle air breathed by beings like us who walk this sphere"
I like this line of the poem because I think he is describing the passions of his undersea world and the passions of our life on the earth what he calls the "Sphere." I also think he is trying to show a different way of thinking calmly and being in a state of peace.
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