The Sleepers
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"The Sleepers" is a visionary, dreamlike poem by Walt Whitman that explores themes of democracy, empathy, and the shared human condition through a series of nocturnal, stream-of-consciousness vignettes.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| author | Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
democratic sympathy
ⓘ
interconnectedness of all people ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublication | 1848 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
New-York Tribune
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surface form:
The New York Tribune
|
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
battlefields
ⓘ
graves and burial grounds ⓘ hospitals and asylums ⓘ nocturnal landscapes ⓘ oceans and voyages ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterIncludedIn | Leaves of Grass ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American Romanticism
ⓘ
Transcendentalism ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
anaphora
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cataloguing ⓘ imagery ⓘ repetition ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | first-person ⓘ |
| perspective | inclusive and universal ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Leaves of Grass ⓘ |
| structure | sequence of vignettes ⓘ |
| style |
free verse
ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ symbolic ⓘ visionary ⓘ |
| subject |
children
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lovers ⓘ nighttime scenes ⓘ sailors and travelers ⓘ slaves ⓘ sleeping figures ⓘ sufferers and the oppressed ⓘ the dead ⓘ the insane ⓘ |
| theme |
compassion
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death ⓘ democracy ⓘ dreams ⓘ empathy ⓘ equality ⓘ shared human condition ⓘ spirituality ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| tone | dreamlike ⓘ |
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