Out of the cradle endlessly rocking By: Walt Whitman

The phrase Out of the cradle endlessly rocking gives the notion that once you leave child hood, or the cradle, you are continuously moving, in a flux, in a sense endlessly rocking. This is a very good title to this poem because it gets to the point of the poem, that once life starts, it is constant, and will not stop no matter what you do, or what happens. The speaker in this poem is …

…idea that life is ever-changing has been around for centuries, and this poem just reaffirms the belief that everyone has a greater calling in life. This poem allowed me realize that you cant just be to live, but you have to live to be. This is a profound lesson that this poem has given to me, and because of that I believe that I can confidently say that this poem deserves a rating of excellent.