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O Me! O Life!: Walt Whitman

In Walt Whitman's poem 'O Me! O Life!', the speaker reflects on the struggles and disappointments of life, questioning its purpose amidst the chaos and folly of humanity. Despite these feelings of despair, the poem offers a hopeful answer: the mere existence of life and the opportunity to contribute to it gives meaning. Ultimately, it emphasizes the importance of individual identity and participation in the ongoing 'powerful play' of life.

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O Me! O Life!: Walt Whitman

In Walt Whitman's poem 'O Me! O Life!', the speaker reflects on the struggles and disappointments of life, questioning its purpose amidst the chaos and folly of humanity. Despite these feelings of despair, the poem offers a hopeful answer: the mere existence of life and the opportunity to contribute to it gives meaning. Ultimately, it emphasizes the importance of individual identity and participation in the ongoing 'powerful play' of life.

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O Me! O Life!

BY WALT WHITMAN

Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring,

Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish,

Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more
faithless?)

Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever
renew’d,

Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,

Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,

The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?

Answer.

That you are here—that life exists and identity,

That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

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