FOR him I sing,
(As some perennial tree, out of its roots, the present on the past:)
With time and space I him dilate—and fuse the immortal laws,
To make himself, by them, the law unto himself.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Walt Whitman's poem For Him I Sing.

4 Comments

  1. art chapman says:
    December 11, 2009 at 8:36 pm

    What a grand, cosmic sweep! The “immortal laws” bound up into, and inseparable in the Divine!

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  2. YURI says:
    March 26, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    IT IS A VERY GOOD POEM.I HOPE TO SEE MORE OF HIS WORK.

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  3. aunyae says:
    September 23, 2005 at 6:52 am

    this poem was very good.

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  4. Kaitlyn Streeter says:
    May 10, 2005 at 2:54 pm

    This poem is one of the best poems i have ever heard and read i hope that there are alot more like it

    Reply

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