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Reading Moby-Dick at 30,000 Feet

by Tony Hoagland

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Reading Moby-Dick at 30,000 Feet Quotes

Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.

Passivity Quotes

so I can lean back into the upholstered intervalbetween Muzak and lunch,a little bored, a little old and strange. (11-13)

Exploration Quotes

At this stage of the journeyI would estimate the distancebetween myself and my own feelings (6-8)

Death Quotes

wanting to kill it,wanting to see great clouds of blood eruptto prove that they exist. (28-30)

Man and the Natural World Quotes

At this height, Kansasis just a concept, a checkerboard design of wheat and corn (1-3)