" Why,now i shall know whether there is anything in you, (something i cant decipher)
i shall see how much you can stand
perhaps
i shall see the crash -is all then (illegible)?"

this is kind of interesting because it shows how Whitman is thinking through this point. it is noted that this was during a period where Whitman is writing out a "fake conversation" with Abe Lincoln. interestingly enough this poem or small part of the conversation is something i can see being said at some point to the president during the civil war. more importantly something said while the Union was losing.
it is later said that he asked in the poem if all is lost. this would be a him asking lincoln if the reason they are fighting is lost. he is asking Abe if the people of the union will see the whole thing crash and burn basically. which is kind of a slap to the face but considering his brother was/is going to be injured in the war (AND if Whitman was as gay as i think his male companion who is rumored to be peter doyle aka peter the great he also was apart of the war both physically and then later as an blacksmith who helped make weapons and all, which took a toll on him mentally and physically but i might just be Gay-baiting)

What also catches my eyes are the drawings at the end of the notebook. they look like they are of Whitman himself. they are all portrait style but towards the end they become more and more cartoonish in a way, meaning that his features become abnormally big or small and he starts to resemble someone from a political cartoon. However the one that is most interesting is the harp. Harps are the symbol of peace and serenity or the symbol of music. music is something that is universally understood and widely appreciated. however Whitman uses it as an emblem of poem meaning that poetry also corresponds to peace,serenity and music; which is universally understood and widely appreciated.