O Living Always—Always Dying. - A poem by Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman - O Living Always—Always Dying.

O LIVING always—always dying! 
O the burials of me, past and present! 
O me, while I stride ahead, material, visible, imperious as ever! 
O me, what I was for years, now dead, (I lament not—I am content;) 
O to disengage myself from those corpses of me, which I turn and look at, where I cast
    them!
To pass on, (O living! always living!) and leave the corpses behind!

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Poet: Walt Whitman (Walt Whitman Art) Poem: 10. O Living Always—Always Dying. Volume: Leaves of Grass - 15. Songs of Parting Year: Published/Written in 1900 Comment 6 of 6, added on March 19th, 2006 at 9:04 AM. I agree with Sue. Are we the same person we are now than we were even ten minutes ago? Always learning, always growing, and always leaving our corpses behind. Asterik from United States Comment 5 of 6, added on May 24th, 2005 at 5:48 PM. I think Whitman is still talking about the civil war. I don't think he ever got over all of the deaths. It seems to me he is talking in place of all of the soldiers who risked their lives. H.D. from United States Comment 4 of 6, added on May 1st, 2005 at 5:29 AM. He writes of my life. Of your life. Of anyone who has ever really lived. In order for us to grow as individuals, we must shed den skin of our past, leave behind corpses, so that we may go on til flourish in a new life within our life. What Whitman writes of is the millions af small, minute deaths we will die everyday, before ve make our grand final exit(death-as society acknowledges it). C. from Canada More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, O Living Always—Always Dying., has received 6 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Walt Whitman with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Walt Whitman Poem: 10. O Living Always—Always Dying. Volume: Leaves of Grass - 15. Songs of Parting Year: Published/Written in 1900 Last read: Dec 21 2009, 3:10AM Viewed 9280 times. Added on May 1st, 2005 at 5:29 AM.

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