by Whitman · Cluster: Nationalism and Patriotism · Democracy · Liberty Political Freedom
Abstract
Aphoristic political lyric: resist much, obey little; warns against enslavement and loss of liberty. Democracy, the rebel, reform.
Connections
Archetypes: Rebel Themes & Concepts: Democracy, Reform Forms & Genres: Free Verse, Epigram Settings: America
Testo integrale / Full text
Cluster: INSCRIPTIONS
To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist
much, obey little,
Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever
afterward resumes its liberty.