WUP for Wednesday, 2/20/08

I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.

--Walt Whitman

What do you think Walt Whitman is saying here?

Consonance The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the end of stressed syllables, but with different vowel sounds, within or at the end of a line, such as "bad and sod", (d's) or "when furnaces burn", (n's). Tip: Consonance begins with a consonant and it governs consonants.

Examples:

Nothing Gold Can Stay: dawn goes down (n's) (alliteration and consonance)

Mowing: sound beside the wood (d's);

Tree at my Window: could be profound (d's); Mine with inner (n's) Note: here the stressed consonant sound (n) is inside the word. Although the vowel is the same as spelled, it is a different sound. The rule applies.

Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter: died of cold (d's), thought....alight, sweet and swift (t's) and more

The Vantage Point: : slope where the cattle keep, (p's);

commiserate (v.) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress
SYNONYMS: feel sorry for, empathize
ANTONYMS: feel no sympathy for

Subject and predicate agreement
"Time and love (heal, heals) all wounds," he said.

Roman Numerals
I, V, X, L, C, D, M
What is the following number LII?