Walt Whitman Connotation

“The word ‘happiness’ would lose it’s meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” However most people find joy and sorrow to be polar opposites that are in no way ever associated with each other. So when Walt Whitman created a poem with a dual theme by using positive and negative word connotation, two points of view, and dual focus it would surely lead to a poem that would require thought and would demand admiration.
To firstly develop his dual theme Walt Whitman uses positive and negative connotation. For instance, in the first stanza as the ship is returning the narrator says, “the prize we sought is won,” and “the bells I hear, the people all exulting.” These words can often be associated with very positive connotations. However also in