A Noiseless Patient Spider Analysis
Searching for the Meaning of Existence Walt Whitman wrote "Facing West From California's Shores" and "A Noiseless Patient Spider," both of which are about looking for the meaning of life, and the existence of people. Whitman uses travel and a little isolated spider to explain his search for meaning, which he cannot find. Whitman explains that man has to find significance and meaning to the existence of the human race. In his poem "A Noiseless Patient Spider," the spider makes a web and each piece he strings out needs to be connected to a sturdy part. This is a metaphor for a soul, it wants something strong to connect to, to hold on to. Whitman later goes on to talk say; “And you O my soul where you stand, surrounded, detached, in measureless