That Shadow, My Likeness

Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)




   THAT shadow, my likeness, that goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood,
         chattering, chaffering;
   How often I find myself standing and looking at it where it flits;
   How often I question and doubt whether that is really me;
   --But in these, and among my lovers, and caroling my songs,
   O I never doubt whether that is really me.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 20, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic heptameter
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Words 60
Stanzas 1
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