by Whitman · Cluster: Identity · Free Verse · Eternal Return
Abstract
Closing Children of Adam lyric: the speaker as Adam at dawn inviting touch of his unashamed body; the body, innocence, dawn, Eden.
Connections
Archetypes: Innocent Motifs: Dawn Themes & Concepts: Body, Innocence and Experience Forms & Genres: Free Verse Historical References: Bible
Testo integrale / Full text
Cluster: CHILDREN OF ADAM
As Adam early in the morning,
Walking forth from the bower refresh’d with sleep,
Behold me where I pass, hear my voice, approach,
Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass,
Be not afraid of my body.