Year That Trembled and Reel’d Beneath Me

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"Year That Trembled and Reel’d Beneath Me" is a Civil War–themed poem by Walt Whitman that reflects on the turmoil and emotional upheaval of wartime America.

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instanceOf lyric poem
poem
author Walt Whitman NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Walt Whitman NERFINISHED
genre war poetry
influencedBy events of the American Civil War
language English
literaryMovement American Romanticism
Transcendentalism NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature
literaryTechnique free verse
imagery
repetition
symbolism
narrativePerspective first person
partOf Walt Whitman’s Civil War poetry NERFINISHED
periodDepicted American Civil War NERFINISHED
setting United States during the Civil War
subjectMatter collective trauma of wartime America
impact of war on individual consciousness
recollection of a pivotal year of war
theme American Civil War NERFINISHED
emotional upheaval
historical reflection
loss
memory
national turmoil
suffering
war
tone mournful
reflective
somber

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