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Cadzao Posted 19 years ago
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Pioneers! O Pioneers!

0"From Nebraska, from Arkansas,02br
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00Central inland race we are, from Missouri, with the continental blood intervein'd,02br
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00All the hands of comrades clasping, all the Southern, all the Northern,02br
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00Pioneers! O pioneers!"02br
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00Please explain what Whitman means with this stanza (extracted from 'Pioneers! O Pioneers' by Walt Whitman)02br
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0 [EDIT - I've changed my mind]: 02br 02br 00 The pioneers from Nebraska and Arkansas are coming02br 02br 00 The pioneers coming from Missouri are joining in; they have more of a 01i 00mixed continental blood02i 00 / inland blood02br 02br 00 All the pioneers are joining in the common effort of exploring and building the new country02br 02br 00 He is exalting and lauding all of them0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 [EDIT - I've changed my mind]: 02br 02br 00 The pioneers from Nebraska and Arkansas are coming02br 02br 00 The pioneers coming from Missouri are joining in; they have more of a 01i 00mixed continental blood02i 00 / inland blood02br 02br 00 All the pioneers are joining in the common effort of exploring and building the new country02br 02br 00 He is exalting and lauding all of them0-
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0 [EDIT - I've changed my mind]: 02br
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00 The pioneers from Nebraska and Arkansas are coming02br
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00 The pioneers coming from Missouri are joining in; they have more of a 01i00mixed continental blood02i00 / inland blood02br
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00 All the pioneers are joining in the common effort of exploring and build
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0Thank you Marius Hancu for taking time to help me. Your explanation is indeed very helpful.02br
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00Please do me a favour and tell me a little bit more about "the mixed continental blodd / inland blood."02br
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00- Can "continental" be of Europe???02br
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0 There could be that Whitman says/knows that the people from Missouri have their blood originating in the inland part of (middle of) USA with some fresh/new European inserts. 02br
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00 where you can see that Missouri was bought from the French (Lousiana Purchase). 02br
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00 Continental could be "of Eu
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0 01i00with the continental blood intervein'd02i02br
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01i00made up of the offspring of the intermarriage of people from the many countries of the European continent who immigrated to the U.S.02i02br
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00 This question of national origins is (or at least used to be) a topic of conversation in the U.S. when meeting
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0Thank you, Calif Jim, so much for your help.02br
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