Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OF THE VISAGES OF THINGS, by WALT WHITMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of the visages of things - and of piercing through to accepted hells beneath Last Line: The president is also. | ||||||||
Of the visages of things -- And of piercing through to the accepted hells beneath; Of ugliness -- To me there is just as much in it as there is in beauty -- And now the ugliness of human beings is acceptable to me; Of detected persons -- To me, detected persons are not, in any respect, worse than undetected persons -- and are not in any respect worse than I am myself; Of criminals -- To me, any judge, or any juror, is equally criminal -- and any reputable person is also -- and the President is also. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CAROL CLOSING SIXTY-NINE by WALT WHITMAN A CLEAR MIDNIGHT by WALT WHITMAN A FARM PICTURE by WALT WHITMAN A PRAIRIE SUNSET by WALT WHITMAN A VOICE PROPHETIC by WALT WHITMAN AN ARMY CORPS ON THE MARCH by WALT WHITMAN AN EVENING LULL by WALT WHITMAN |
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