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THE RUNNER by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: ON A FLAT ROAD RUNS THE WELL-TRAIN'D RUNNER
Last Line: WITH LIGHTLY CLOSED FISTS AND ARMS PARTIALLY RAIS'D.
Subject(s): ATHLETES; SPORTS;
On a flat road runs the well-train'd runner,
He is lean and sinewy with muscular legs,
He is thinly clothed, he leans forward as he runs,
With lightly closed fists and arms partially rais'd.



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