Both Uses of
denouement
in
Leaves of Grass
- arguer, he is judgment, (Nature accepts him absolutely,) He judges not as the judge judges but as the sun failing round helpless thing, As he sees the farthest he has the most faith, His thoughts are the hymns of the praise of things, In the dispute on God and eternity he is silent, He sees eternity less like a play with a prologue and denouement, He sees eternity in men and women, he does not see men and women as dreams or dots.†
Chpt 23 *
- I see Freedom, completely arm'd and victorious and very haughty, with Law on one side and Peace on the other, A stupendous trio all issuing forth against the idea of caste; What historic denouements are these we so rapidly approach?†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(denouement) the outcome of a complex sequence of events -- especially the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work