Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works.
When you describe consciousness, do you gravitate towards soul, mind, or both? Now using the lens of biology, how does your understanding shift? Remember, this is a subjective exercise designed to reflect your own divergent and convergent thinking within a structure of sorts.
The fractal reality of the untranslatable is an ignorance worth talking about. The preamble of Whitman is heard loud and clear above and beyond the canopy of creatives around the world with echos far into the future. Is this an everlasting voice of sorts worthy of mimesis?