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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PRAIRIE SUNSET, by WALT WHITMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Shot gold, maroon and violet, dazzling
Last Line: Pure luminous color fighting the silent shadows to the last.
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: Shot gold, maroon and violet, dazzling
Last Line: Pure luminous color fighting the silent shadows to the last.
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
Shot gold, maroon and violet, dazzling silver, emerald, fawn,
The earth's whole amplitude and Nature's multiform power
consign'd for once to colors;
The light, the general air possess'd by them -- colors till
now unknown,
No limit, confine -- not the Western sky alone -- the high
meridian -- North, South, all,
Pure luminous color fighting the silent shadows to the last.
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