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Whitman Archive Title: Poem
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Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00120
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Repository: Catalog of the Literary Manuscripts in The Oscar Lion Collection of Walt Whitman, The New York Public Library
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Genre: poetry
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Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content:
A newspaper clipping pasted onto a piece of paper, with Whitman's
handwritten notes in the margins. The title "Poem" and the first note
indicate that he is deriving an idea for a new poem from the newspaper
excerpt, which deals with the "ennobling" effect of struggles and
hardships one may face in life.
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