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TWILIGHT by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SOFT VOLUPTUOUS OPIATE SHADES
Last Line: A HAZE -- NIRWANA -- REST AND NIGHT -- OBLIVION.
Subject(s): EVENING; SUNSET; TWILIGHT;

The soft voluptuous opiate shades,
The sun just gone, the eager light dispell'd -- (I too will
soon be gone, dispell'd,)
A haze -- nirwana -- rest and night -- oblivion.



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