by Whitman · Cluster: Identity · Free Verse · Eternal Return
Abstract
Sees all results of everyday life nestling and obligated, the poet bringing his songs along like a father to ancestors; nature, time, identity.
Connections
Topoi: Eternal Return Motifs: Time, Nature Themes & Concepts: Identity Forms & Genres: Free Verse
Testo integrale / Full text
Cluster: INSCRIPTIONS
Thither as I look I see each result and glory retracing itself and
nestling close, always obligated,
Thither hours, months, years—thither trades, compacts,
establishments, even the most minute,
Thither every-day life, speech, utensils, politics, persons, estates;
Thither we also, I with my leaves and songs, trustful, admirant,
As a father to his father going takes his children along with him.