Ages and Ages, Returning at Intervals
Ages and Ages, Returning at Intervals - meaning Summary
Sexual Self as Lineage
Whitman declares an enduring, bodily continuity across time, presenting the self as both poet and progenitor. He celebrates physical desire and generative power, linking erotic energy with creative expression. The speaker frames his poems as offspring—intimate, vital, and ancestral—born from his body and voice. The tone is assertive and celebratory, merging sexuality, identity, and poetic vocation into a single claim of immortal renewal.
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