There's nothing I hate more than portentious voice-overs, where the voice is artificial lowered and slowed to signal gravitas and meaningfullness, it's bullshit by the bucketful.
If you want to be moved by poetry on YouTube suggest you look at 'Inclinado En Las Tardes' (leaning into the afternoon) by Pablo Neruda, it is recited in spanish with English subtitles and has both visuals and music that compliment the poem. There is also: "poema 20" done by the same company as does 'Inclinado" and "If I Forget You' read well in translation by, of all people, Madonna.
The Youtube here sighted overwhelms the Whitman poem with too many images and a rhythm that has nothing to do with the poem. Better than the usual ads we are brainwashed with but still just a salesman trying to sell you something by making you feel good.
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