Walt Whitman's Poem 'The Wound-Dresser'

Journal 1-Walt Whitman-The Wound-Dresser I believe the experiences that Walt Whitman had as a nurse during the outbreak of the Civil War, inspired him for the poem “The-Wound-Dresser.” The descriptions of the wounded soldiers in the poem is very real and vivid, “From the stump of the arm, the amputated hand, I undo the clotted lint, remove the slough, wash off the matter and blood” (line. 45-46, p. 72). From reading the poem, I feel pain and suffering, “Hard the breathing rattles, quite glazed already the eye, yet life struggles hard, (Come sweet death! be persuaded O beautiful death! In mercy come quickly.)” (line. 42-44, p.72). The poem is a recollection of the Civil War where Whitman`s readers can apply the narrator’s experience to their