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FULL OF LIFE NOW by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: FULL OF LIFE NOW, COMPACT, VISIBLE
Last Line: NOW WITH YOU.)
Subject(s): LIFE;
Full of life now, compact, visible,
I, forty years old the eighty-third year of the States,
To one a century hence or any number of centuries hence,
To you yet unborn these, seeking you.

When you read these I that was visible am become invisible,
Now it is you, compact, visible, realizing my poems, seeking me,
Fancying how happy you were if I could be with you and
become your comrade;
Be it as if I were with you. (Be not too certain but I am
now with you.)



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