I walk in a cloud of wonder; I am glad. I mingle among the crowds; my heart is pounding; You do not guess the adventure I have had! . . . Yet you, too, all have had your dark adventures, Your sudden adventures, or strange, or sweet . . . My peril goes out from me, is blown among you. We loiter, dreaming together, along the street.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker feels a private adventure within a crowd, noting others carry hidden adventures too.
- In plain terms
- Each person in a crowd has their own hidden adventure.
- What can you take from it?
- Everyone carries secret inner lives in public.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What private adventure are you living?
- Do you guess others stories?
Another view
It assumes everyone has meaningful inner adventures.
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