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A PRAIRIE SUNSET by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

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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