Poem A Day

Classic poem

What General has a Good Army.

by Walt Whitman

WHAT General has a good army in himself, has a good army;

He happy in himself, or she happy in herself, is happy,

But I tell you you cannot be happy by others, any more than you can beget or conceive a

child

by others.

waridentity
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About this poem

First line
WHAT General has a good army in himself, has a good army;
Poet
Walt Whitman
Themes
war, identity

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