• Paul Giamatti reads "A Noiseless Patient Spider" by Walt Whitman and Charlotte Maier reads "Hymn" by A.R. Ammons.
  • Although much shorter than many of his well-known poems, "A Noiseless Patient Spider" deals with one of the central concerns in Whitman's work...
  • Page 343 of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, containing "A Noiseless Patient Spider," published 1891. "A Noiseless Patient Spider" is a short poem by Walt Whitman.
  • "A Noiseless Patient Spider" is a poem by Walt Whitman that explores themes of isolation, perseverance, and the search for meaning in the vastness of the...
  • Librivox's weekly poetry project for the week of December 4, 2005: A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman (from Leaves of Grass, Book 30).
    • A noiseless patient spider
    • I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated
  • A noiseless patient spider, I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding ,It launch’d forth filament...
  • A noiseless patient spider, I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding, It launch’d forth filament...
  • One of Whitman’s most famous short lyrics, “A Noiseless Patient Spider” presents an extended metaphor for the cosmic connections the poet’s soul makes.
  • In this article, we will consider the main themes of “A Noiseless Patient Spider” and analzse how the poem’s main symbol – the spider...
  • A noiseless patient spider, I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark’d how to explore the vacant, vast surrounding, It launched forth filament...
  • A noiseless patient spider, I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark'd how to explore the vacant, vast surrounding, It launched forth filament, filament, filament...
  • Even the title of the poem is a descriptive image; the phrase "A noiseless patient spider" invokes the image of this tiny creature sitting perfectly still, waiting for its...