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Political Poems: 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd' by Walt Whitman

Close Readings

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This chapter examines Walt Whitman's poem 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd,' highlighting the poet's reverence for Abraham Lincoln as a savior figure. The discussion encompasses the political and emotional repercussions of Lincoln's assassination and its lasting effects on American society following the Civil War.

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