In Section 33 of Song of Myself, what are some examples of visual imagery and tactile imagery?

This section of Whitman's poem is filled with sensory
writing; imagery is the most predominant poetic technique found throughout. Many of the
visual images are those of
nature:

• "Where the
  panther walks to and fro on a limb overhead"


• "Where the
  buck turns furiously at the hunter"


• "Where the
  rattlesnake suns his flabby length on a rock"


• "Where the
  alligator in his tough pimples sleeps by the
  bayou"


• "Where the beaver pats the mud with his
  paddle-shaped
  tail"

The
specific details in these lines create the visual images. Here is another excellent
example of visual imagery from the poem:

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Where cattle stand and shake away flies with the
tremulous shuddering of their
hides

Not all of the visual
images capture scenes from nature; some are domestic, such as those found in this
passage:

Where
the cheese-cloth hangs in the kitchen, where andirons straddle the hearth-slab, where
cobwebs fall in festoons from the
rafters;

These images create
the interior of farm house kitchen or a cabin.

Tactile
imagery in the poem is not developed as frequently, but it is present and effective, as
seen in these examples:

• "Scorch'd ankle-deep by
  the hot sand, hauling my boat down the shallow
  river"


• "The twinges that sting like needles his legs and
  neck, the murderous buckshot and the
  bullets"

In these passages, hot sand burns the
feet, and a runaway slave feels the physical pain of being
shot.