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WHAT AM I AFTER ALL by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT AM I AFTER ALL BUT A CHILD, PLEAS'D WITH THE SOUND OF MY OWN NAME?
Last Line: PRONUNCIATIONS IN THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME?
Subject(s): NAMES;
What am I after all but a child, pleas'd with the sound of
my own name? repeating it over and over;
I stand apart to hear -- it never tires me.

To you your name also;
Did you think there was nothing but two or three
pronunciations in the sound of your name?



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