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MANAHATTA by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: MY CITY'S FIT AND NOBLE NAME RESUMED
Last Line: COMING, GOING, HURRYING SEA WAVES.
Subject(s): NEW YORK CITY; MANHATTAN; NEW YORK, NEW YORK; THE BIG APPLE;
My city's fit and noble name resumed,
Choice aboriginal name, with marvelous beauty, meaning,
A rocky founded island -- shores where ever gayly dash the
coming, going, hurrying sea waves.



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