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Poet: Walt Whitman (Walt Whitman Art)
Poem: 4.
Old Ireland.
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 11. Leaves of Grass
Year: Published/Written in 1900
Comment 6 of 6, added on December 19th, 2008 at 2:58 PM.
Remember the Young Ireland movement in the 1840s-50s, perhaps Whitman alludes to all the Irish American union soldiers/fenians fighting for freedom. I did not know he had such feelings for old ireland. The Poor Old Woman, indeed.
John O'Loughlin from United States
Comment 5 of 6, added on March 31st, 2007 at 9:30 PM.
This is a fantastic poem and beautifully expresses the history of Ireland. It truly enlightens this beautiful country.
Allison Miller from United Kingdom
Comment 4 of 6, added on May 30th, 2006 at 1:27 PM.
This text has the imagery of the dying Ireland during the time of the Great Famine (1845-1850), one of the greatest human disasters in the last century, and its subsequent rebirth in the New World.
Dena from United States
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Remember the Young Ireland movement in the 1840s-50s, perhaps Whitman alludes to all the Irish American union soldiers/fenians fighting for freedom. I did not know he had such feelings for old ireland. The Poor Old Woman, indeed.
John O'Loughlin from United States