Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night

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"Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night" is a poignant Civil War–themed poem by Walt Whitman that depicts a soldier’s solitary nighttime vigil over his fallen comrade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
poem
addresses the human cost of war
associatedWithConflict American Civil War NERFINISHED
author Walt Whitman NERFINISHED
containsImageryOf battlefield at night
burial
fallen soldier
solitary vigil
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts a nighttime watch over a dead comrade
the burial of a fallen soldier
focusesOn emotional impact of a comrade's death
genre elegy
lyric poetry
war poetry
hasSubjectMatter death on the battlefield
military comradeship
soldier's vigil
language English
literaryForm free verse
literaryMovement American Romanticism
Transcendentalism NERFINISHED
literaryTechnique enjambment
imagery
repetition
narrativePerspective first person
narrator Union soldier
period 19th century
portrays intimate bond between soldiers
personal experience of war
setting American Civil War NERFINISHED
style emotional
meditative
realistic
subject a soldier keeping vigil over his dead comrade
theme comradeship
death
grief
loyalty
mourning
the cost of war
war
tone poignant
somber
tender
writtenBy Walt Whitman NERFINISHED

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