Lyric Poem · Life

Beautiful Women

by Walt Whitman

WOMEN sit, or move to and fro—some old, some young;

The young are beautiful—but the old are more beautiful than the young.

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Poem: Beautiful Women
Poet: Walt Whitman
Length: 2 lines
Form: Lyric Poem, Short Poems
Themes: Life, Short

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Shape: 2 lines · one 2-line stanza
End rhyme: AA — a rhyming couplet.

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Author record: Walt Whitman1819–1892
Source record: PoetryDBBeautiful Women by walt-whitman, PoetryDB transcription
Display decision: Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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