Both Uses of "apex" in "Song of Myself"

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Both Uses

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Song of Myself
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My feet strike an apex of the apices of the stairs,
On every step bunches of ages, and larger bunches between the steps,
All below duly travel'd, and still I mount and mount.†
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apex = highest point
My feet strike an apex of the apices of the stairs,
On every step bunches of ages, and larger bunches between the steps,
All below duly travel'd, and still I mount and mount.†

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Definitions:

(1) (apex)
the highest point or most important level of something
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
The "highest point" can be physical or metaphorical -- as in the apex of his career.

Much more rarely, "Apex" is used in the travel industry as an acronym for "advance-purchase excursion"; i.e., to reference tickets that are discounted due to advance purchase.