One section of this poem asks, "How do you know who shall come from the offspring of his offspring through the centuries," after mentioning "the same red-running blood" which "swells and jets a heart.
One section of this poem asks, "How do you know who shall come from the offspring of his offspring through the centuries," after mentioning "the same red-running blood" which "swells and jets a heart." One line from this poem mentions "dull-faced immigrants" and notes that everyone is part of a procession, and "the universe is a procession with measured and perfect motion." Another section of this poem ends, "pause, listen, count" after noting the "bent head, the curv'd neck, and the counting" in a part which discusses firemen who march in their own costumes and a swimmer who goes through the "transparent green-shine." Another section of this poem notes the "immeasurable meaning" of the black eyes of a "common farmer," who is eighty years old and has five handsome sons. That section ends with the hope, "that you and he might touch each other." This poem from the "Children of Adam" series ends with the line, "O I say now these are the soul," after discussing reproductive systems and launching into a catalogue of body parts. Containing the line, "and if the body were not the soul, what is the soul?" for 10 points, identify this poem by Walt Whitman that praises the human form.
One section of this poem asks, "How do you know who shall come from the offspring of his offspring through the centuries," after mentioning "the same red-running blood" which "swells and jets a heart.
“I {Sing} the Body {Electric}”