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Question: Can anyone help with a Walt Whitman interpretation >>>PLEASE!!!!?
When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars!.
-Walt Whitman
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
He is simply a man who likes to enjoy the beauty of nature!. Trying to understand the universe with "charts and diagrams" makes him feel "tired and sick"!. He prefers to just enjoy the beauty of the cosmos for what they appear to be!. In one sentence, he enjoys the simplicity of nature instead of the complexity of science!. Www@QuestionHome@Com