Noiseless Patient Spider

A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman is a poem written in free verse. It has two stanzas with five lines. The poem's theme is showing how someone or Whitman, he could be referring to himself, tries to find their way in a huge and unending world. People will throw their threads looking for somewhere to anchor down and live, just like the spider in the poem. The promontory and the area around it and the spider symbolize just how big the world is around us. It can be difficult for us to settle down, for some it can also be a lonely experience. Whitman describes this area as “oceans of space”, and the opportunities the spider has are endless. His choice of words also helps to indicate how common this is for people and how isolated people
Using this word may be stating the fact that a majority of people who are looking to find somewhere to live is something most people strive to do and is very common. They are noiseless, not attracting attention or making waves in the world, silent without a reason to pay any kind of attention to them. They are common and not really standing out in any way, focused only on where they are going. They are noiseless and may feel lost trying to find their way in such a big place. A Noiseless Patient Spider may also be Whitman's way of saying that we need to stay calm and remain patient in order to find our way in the world. There are too many directions to go in to just take off somewhere without a little bit of thought; first he says, “Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them” (Whitman 1132) the spider does nothing without thinking or looking for the right place. Using a spider to describe people is also an interesting way to describe them. Comparing humans to spiders is an impressive way to show how people tend to focus on more than one path, like the spider sends out multiple threads. We look for many ways to get where we want to be, just like the spider is throwing its thread to find somewhere to anchor