poem "Hohenlinden" by Thomas Campbell

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"Hohenlinden" is a narrative poem by Thomas Campbell that vividly depicts the Battle of Hohenlinden during the Napoleonic Wars, emphasizing the horror and grandeur of war.

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instanceOf narrative poem
poem
author Thomas Campbell
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
countryOfSetting Germany
depicts carnage of war
chaos of combat
snow-covered battlefield
firstLine On Linden, when the sun was low
focusesOn sound imagery of warfare
visual description of battle
form lyric narrative
genre Romantic poetry
war poetry
hasCriticalReputation classic of English war poetry
hasNotableLine And redder yet those fires shall glow / On Linden’s hills of blood-stained snow
But louder than the bolts of heaven / Far flashed the red artillery
Few, few shall part where many meet
historicalContext Napoleonic Wars
influenced later Romantic war poems
isAboutEvent Battle of Hohenlinden
language English
literaryMovement Romanticism
meter iambic tetrameter
numberOfLines 32
numberOfStanzas 8
portrays Austrian forces
Bavarian forces
French field army
surface form: French army
publicationCentury 19th century
rhymeScheme abab
setting Hohenlinden forest
stanzaLength quatrains
structure stanzaic
subject Battle of Hohenlinden
theme death and destruction
grandeur of battle
horror of war
nature and war
transience of glory
timeOfSetting 3 December 1800
tone awe-struck
somber
usesLiteraryDevice alliteration
contrast
imagery
personification

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Battle of Hohenlinden relatedWork poem "Hohenlinden" by Thomas Campbell