Sing from the swamps, the recesses�pour your chant from the bushes;
Limitless out of the dusk, out of the cedars and pines.
Sing on, dearest brother�warble your reedy song;
Loud human song, with voice of uttermost woe.
O liquid, and free, and tender!
O wild and loose to my soul! O wondrous singer!
You only I hear......yet the star holds me, (but will soon depart;)
Yet the lilac, with mastering odor, holds me.
- There is a procession of appropraite mourners
- Examples include "O liquid, and free, and tender!", "O wild and loose to my soul!", "You only I hear... yet the star holds me..." and "Yet the lilac, with mastering odor, holds me."
- These quotes become more and more mournfull as the stanza continues
Connotation: The speaker is attached to Lincoln even after his death because of Lincoln's "loud human song"
Attitude: Admiration, love, mourning, respect
Shifts: The first 3 lines of the stanza have an additude of love and respect. The next 2 lines have a tone of love as well as a tone of respect. The last four lines continually get more and more mournful starting with line 6.
Theme: Memories will stay with you forever