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Youth, Day, Old Age and Night

Whitman is responding to poetry (like many of Shakespeare’s sonnets) that deplore the passage of time and the swiftness of youth. Yes, youth is a wonderful thing, he says. But old age – and the experience that comes from a full life – is equally compelling.

In the second stanza, he takes this simple comparison to a different level. “Day” can represent both the youth of the first stanza and “life” in general. “Night” can represent old age, and also “death.” While they encompass two different things (day is a time of action and ambition, a time to accomplish goals and live fully; night is a time of sleep, rest, and restoration), both are equally splendid. Day has one immense sun, but night is bright with millions of smaller suns (the stars).

To sum up, old age and death are not to be feared – they are equal counterparts to youth and life, full of equal merits and value.

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