Leaves of Grass, Part 288 summary
Part 288 of 358 · Book 5: Calamus · 1 min to read the part
In A Font of Type, the speaker presents printing type as a store of sleeping voices, emotions, and powers rather than merely a set of named sizes. Images of a hidden mine and changing ocean waves suggest the force that rests within the small, pale pieces.
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- The speaker presents type as a hidden source of voices and passionate powers.
- The speaker lists anger, argument, praise, humor, and prayer, contrasting these possibilities with technical names for type sizes.
- Ocean waves suggest both violent force and peaceful rest, all sleeping inside the pale pieces of type.
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What does the speaker describe as sleeping within the pale pieces of type?
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