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HOURS CONTINUING LONG, SORE AND HEAVY-HEARTED by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

Last Line: Does he see himself reflected in me? In these hours, does he see the face of his hours reflected?
Subject(s): FRIENDSHIP; RELATIONSHIPS; TIME;

HOURS continuing long, sore and heavy-hearted,
Hours of the dusk, when I withdraw to a lonesome and unfrequented spot, seating myself, leaning my f
Hours sleepless, deep in the night, when I go forth,speeding swiftly the country roads, or through t
Hours discouraged, distracted''"for the one I cannot content myself without, soon I saw him content
Hours when I am forgotten, (O weeks and months are passing, but I believe I am never to forget!)
Sullen and suffering hours! (I am ashamed''"but it is useless''"I am what I am;)
Hours of my torment''"I wonder if other men ever
have the like, out of the like feelings?
Is there even one other like me ''" distracted ''" his friend, his lover, lost to him?
Is he too as I am now? Does he still rise in the morning, dejected, thinking who is lost to him? and
Does he too harbor his friendship silent and endless?harbor his anguish and passion?
Does some stray reminder, or the casual mention of a name, bring the fit back upon him, taciturn and
Does he see himself reflected in me? In these hours,does he see the face of his hours reflected?



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