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The Open Road is a 2009 comedy-drama film about a son and his estranged father who drive across the US to visit his sick mother. The film stars Jeff Bridges, Justin Timberlake, Kate Mara and Mary Steenburgen.
- Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
- You road I enter upon and look around, I believe you are not all that is here, I believe that much unseen is also here. Here the profound lesson of reception, nor preference nor denial,
- You air that serves me with breath to speak! You objects that call from diffusion my meanings and give them shape! You light that wraps me and all things in delicate equable showers!
- The earth expanding right hand and left hand, The picture alive, every part in its best light, The music falling in where it is wanted, and stopping where it is not wanted,
A classic American poem by Walt Whitman that celebrates the freedom and beauty of the open road. The poet expresses his love for the earth, the air, the people, and the spirit that he encounters on his journey.
A poem celebrating the freedom and joy of traveling the open road, written by the American poet Walt Whitman in 1819. The poem expresses his rejection of indoor comforts, libraries, criticisms, and constellations, and his contentment with the earth and his burdens.
Key Concepts. The historical context found in “Song of The Open Road” is describing the westward expansion of the United States, “ an era characterized by the call of adventure and opportunity for those courageous enough make the journey west, i.e. to follow the open road,” (Kreidler).
Song of the Open Road, poem by Walt Whitman, first published in the second edition of Leaves of Grass in 1856. The 15-stanza poem is an optimistic paean to wanderlust. Whitman exalts the carefree pleasures of traveling, encouraging others to break free from their stifling domestic attachments to.
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‘Song of the Open Road’ celebrates freedom & self-discovery on a journey of independence, embracing life's path with optimism.
