Come Up from the Fields, Father
The poem ‘Come Up From the Fields, Father’ was written by Walt Whitman. He was born in New
York on May 31, 1819 and died aged 72 in New Jersey on March 26,1892. He was a American poet, essayist and journalist. He was one of the most influential poets in the American canon. He was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War. Walt Whitman’s sexuality is often discussed. He is usually described as a homosexual or a bisexual. Some of Walt Whitman’s best pieces of work were based on the American Civil War. The war was between the Northern
Union and Southern Confederacy. It began in 1861. The North, led by President Lincoln, wished to end slavery; the South resisted and decided to leave the Union (i.e. the United States). The
North’s victory in the battle of Gettysburg in 1863 was the turning point that led to the final defeat of the South in 1865.
The setting of this poem was the American Civil War. Where the family lived was in the state, Ohio. During the American Civil War, the State of Ohio was the place that provided troops, military officers and supplies to the Union army. Ohio was the third most populous state in the Union at that time. Ohio raised nearly 320,000 soldiers for the Union army. The poem is set during autumn. The poet describes the setting and he writes about the trees being yellow and red. “Lo, where the trees, deeper green, yellower and redder”tells us that the season is autumn. The line “Below, too, all calm, all vital and beautiful—and the farm prospers well” also gives the reader a hint that it is Autumn. Whitman uses descriptive words to make it obvious that it is Autumn.
There was about 6 characters in this poem. The son, mother, father, elder daughter and two younger daughters. The son is a soldier in the American Civil War. The line “Sentences broken—gun-shot wound in the breast, cavalry skirmish, taken to hospital” tells the reader that the son, Pete is a soldier in the army.
The poem was about... On a beautiful
York on May 31, 1819 and died aged 72 in New Jersey on March 26,1892. He was a American poet, essayist and journalist. He was one of the most influential poets in the American canon. He was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War. Walt Whitman’s sexuality is often discussed. He is usually described as a homosexual or a bisexual. Some of Walt Whitman’s best pieces of work were based on the American Civil War. The war was between the Northern
Union and Southern Confederacy. It began in 1861. The North, led by President Lincoln, wished to end slavery; the South resisted and decided to leave the Union (i.e. the United States). The
North’s victory in the battle of Gettysburg in 1863 was the turning point that led to the final defeat of the South in 1865.
The setting of this poem was the American Civil War. Where the family lived was in the state, Ohio. During the American Civil War, the State of Ohio was the place that provided troops, military officers and supplies to the Union army. Ohio was the third most populous state in the Union at that time. Ohio raised nearly 320,000 soldiers for the Union army. The poem is set during autumn. The poet describes the setting and he writes about the trees being yellow and red. “Lo, where the trees, deeper green, yellower and redder”tells us that the season is autumn. The line “Below, too, all calm, all vital and beautiful—and the farm prospers well” also gives the reader a hint that it is Autumn. Whitman uses descriptive words to make it obvious that it is Autumn.
There was about 6 characters in this poem. The son, mother, father, elder daughter and two younger daughters. The son is a soldier in the American Civil War. The line “Sentences broken—gun-shot wound in the breast, cavalry skirmish, taken to hospital” tells the reader that the son, Pete is a soldier in the army.
The poem was about... On a beautiful