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Central idea of the poem “When I Heard the learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman

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Answered by prettystefina11
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The poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” was written by Walt Whitman. In the poem, he describes how wisdom and knowledge are two different things. He expresses that wisdom is acquired through exploration and adventure into new fields of study while knowledge is acquired through culture.

The central theme of the poem is to show the difference between knowledge and wisdom.

Answered by Anveshagoyal12007
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Explanation:

The narrator is inside a lecture room, listening to a well educated astronomer who explains the universe in terms of mathematics with his charts and diagrams to be added and measured.Inside the lecture room there is much applause by the audience but the narrator begins to feel tired and sick.The narrator has placed himself in a natural setting that is beautiful with the reference to the mystical moist night air .He does not see the stars as objects on charts and diagrams.He view them in the perfect silence.The silence itself is a natural element of beauty.

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