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WHAT PLACE IS BESIEGED? by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT PLACE IS BESIEGED, AND VAINLY TRIES TO RAISE THE SIEGE?
Last Line: AND ARTILLERY-MEN, THE DEADLIEST THAT EVER FIRED GUN.

What place is besieged, and vainly tries to raise the siege?
Lo, I send to that place a commander, swift, brave, immortal,
And with him horse and foot, and parks of artillery,
And artillery-men, the deadliest that ever fired gun.



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