by Whitman · Cluster: Satire of Society · Epigram · Satire
Abstract
A terse valedictory epigram in which the poet withholds his final word until its proper place arrives at the last.
Connections
Topoi: Inexpressibility Themes & Concepts: Mortality, Self-Knowledge Forms & Genres: Epigram, Free Verse
Testo integrale / Full text
Cluster: GOOD-BYE MY FANCY
Good-bye my fancy—(I had a word to say,
But ’tis not quite the time—The best of any man’s word or say,
Is when its proper place arrives—and for its meaning,
I keep mine till the last.)