Full Of Life, Now

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




   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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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 20, 2023

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Scheme AXXB AXXXXB
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 510
Words 92
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 6

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