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Poet: Walt Whitman
Poem: 3.
Beat! Beat! Drums!
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 8. Drum-Taps
Year: Published/Written in 1900
Poem of the Day:
Jan 1 2005
Comment 11 of 11, added on May 6th, 2007 at 8:52 AM.
In this poem Whitman is talking about the battle of Bull Run. He is describing how the people of the North have to mobilize because of the war and they will never be the same again because the war dominates every aspect of their lives.
Esther from United States
Comment 10 of 11, added on February 23rd, 2006 at 1:16 PM.
I think the strange nature of great work can be an openness to interpretation. Surely this poem has a war theme, but that doesn't make the interpretation that the poem is urging people to wake up to life invalid. Whitman contains multitudes, he is his world, and while he can be the war, the war can also be his poetry, a ringing, messianic declamation. He sees the war, but is bigger than it. He can simultaneously rage against the war, without throwing in some political dig that would less the poem's ability to transcend the war, and beat the drum himself for the bigger war of the spirit.
Dan from United States
Comment 9 of 11, added on January 21st, 2006 at 12:52 PM.
This a great poem. I would like to use it in my American Lit class but I need to find 5 literary devices. Can anyone help?
Katie from United States
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In this poem Whitman is talking about the battle of Bull Run. He is describing how the people of the North have to mobilize because of the war and they will never be the same again because the war dominates every aspect of their lives.
Esther from United States