Brief question answer about a pome (300-600 words)

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A Noiseless Patient Spider 

A NOISELESS, patient spider,

 

I mark’d, where, on a little promontory, it stood, isolated;

 

Mark’d how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding,

 

It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself;

 

Ever unreeling them—ever tirelessly speeding them.

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And you, O my Soul, where you stand,

 

Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space,

 

Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,—seeking the spheres, to connect them;

 

Till the bridge you will need, be form’d—till the ductile anchor hold;

 

Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul.

What is significant about the relationship between the two stanzas of the poem? Why do you think Whitman uses a spider in his poem? How does the spider symbolize the human experience/condition? Use elements of poetry to elaborate. Do not look up anything online! I want your analysis from reading the work.