After reading this poem by Walt Whitman and listening to the presentation, my interpretation of the poem alter a bit. Watching two bald eagles in their mating ritual is a magnificent sight to see. This magnificent ritual called cart-wheeling, is a rare sight. The two creatures lock claws and free-fall out of the sky. As quick as the moment you saw began it could stop. Just as they look like things will go for the worst they pull apart. Upward again separately they continue, pursuing, and again are dalliant eagles.
As easily as I read this poem, it was just as easy to relate it to a more humanistic side of life. Relating this free fall to a relationship is not a task, yet a easy comparison. The dalliance, rather flirtation, would be the first conversation or first attraction. Soon the close friendship turns into a relationship where the new couple is entering a level not known to them as one. I believe the cart-wheeling that the eagles experience can be the free fall in the relationships. Up, downs, spins, love, heartbreak, and the unknowing factor of what will happen next. Overall my view is to take life as a journey and follow whatever path you wonder upon. Free fall into life and love may stumble upon you.
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Taylor does an incredible job of assessing the poem and relating it into commonfolk terms that relate the dalliance into human interaction. She eloquently disects the poem as a whole, but neglected to cite specific lines. On future assignments internal citations would greatly help the reader appreciate the poem and increase the readers desire to read and interpret the poem for themselves.
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