Whitman and Doyle seem to embody Whitman's writings, specifically in terms of teaching. The poet and the reader, both necessary components, can teach each other. Although Doyle was not considered an intellectual, Whitman nurtured his mind however. Doyle was just a working class man on the trains (a symbol for modernity/change among others) while whitman was the poet of the loafer, Doyle was the working class, although i like to imagine walt as a sugar daddy- in knowledge,finances and literally age relation. They would take evening strolls together- leisure, and were close with each other's families.
The parallel between the reader and Doyle is obvious when we think about how Whitman assumes us, the reader, as his lover, that he loves all of us. How then, is his love for Doyle separate? Whitman teaches Doyle, takes him on a learning journey, just like the reader. Whitman melts for his readers while he has a stroke and later dies for Doyle. These frames have a broad mirrored sense.
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