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 |
Characters | 348 |
Words | 60 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
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