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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR WALT WHITMAN, by DAVID IGNATOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot read you Last Line: The boss? Subject(s): Life; Poetry & Poets; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891) | |||
I cannot read you without feeling my life betrays you. I set you aside with disdain for you make a big thing of existence when I know it is simply the dropping of a token into the slot and of riding downtown in the subway. How would you like to be pushed out by your camerados all getting off with you at your stop and rushing to have their coffee first before facing the boss? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO WALT WHITMAN by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET TWO RAMAGES FOR OLD MASTERS by ROBERT BLY QUIRKS: 2. THAT AFTERNOON I REMEMBERED by JOHN CIARDI READING WALT WHITMAN by CALVIN FORBES WAITING INSIDE by DAVID IGNATOW WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS by DAVID IGNATOW METAMORPHOSES: 3. PERSEUS (WALT WHITMAN) by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM |
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