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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
poem by Whitman
Also known as: “Sun-Down Poem”
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, poem by Walt Whitman, published as “Sun-Down Poem” in the second edition of Leaves of Grass in 1856 and revised and retitled in later editions. It is a sensitive, detailed record of the poet’s thoughts and observations about the continuity of nature and of brotherhood while aboard a ferry between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Central to the work is the poet’s sense of oneness with the world. He considers that people a century later will have a similar experience in the same place. His panoramic description of the harbour includes rich images of sunlight on the water, the ...(100 of 124 words)