Wednesday, August 3, 2011

What poems did Walt Whitman write during the civil war?

It is difficult to scientifically date many of Whitman's poems, but many of the poems from the collection Drum-Taps may have been written during, or shortly after, the Civil War. Notable poems are "Beat! Beat! Drums!" and "The Wound Dresser", a poem written after he visited his wounded brother at an army hospital on the battlefield in Virginia.

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