Poetry Friday: Locations and Times by Walt Whitman
May 24th, 2013 (07:00 am)
Current Mood: hopeful
Current Song: Without a Trace score music

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Song: Without a Trace score music
Locations and times - what is it in me that meets them all, whenever and wherever, and makes me at home?
Forms, colors, densities, odors — what is it in me that corresponds with them?
- Walt Whitman
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We do a lot of work in 5th grade trying to understand the influence of the setting (time/place) on a story. I'll save this quote for us to think about -- the setting can influence the reader, not just the story, and we are all influenced by the settings in our lives.