A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown

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"A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown" is a Civil War–themed poem by Walt Whitman that vividly depicts the grim realities of war and the suffering of wounded soldiers.

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instanceOf poem
author Walt Whitman NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Walt Whitman NERFINISHED
depicts field hospital
marching soldiers
wounded and dying men
focus individual human suffering in war
form free verse
genre war poetry
hasTitle A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown NERFINISHED
historicalContext American Civil War NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement American Romanticism
Transcendentalism NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 19th century
meter irregular
narrativePerspective first-person
partOf Drum-Taps NERFINISHED
Leaves of Grass NERFINISHED
portrays empathy for the wounded
grim realities of war
publicationContext Civil War poems by Walt Whitman
rhymeScheme unrhymed
setting American Civil War NERFINISHED
style cataloguing
long lines
vivid imagery
subjectMatter battlefield hospital
wounded soldiers
theme compassion
death
suffering
the brutality of war
war
tone realistic
somber

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Drum-Taps hasPart A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown