Song of the Chattahoochee

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"Song of the Chattahoochee" is a well-known 1877 lyric poem by American poet Sidney Lanier that personifies Georgia’s Chattahoochee River to explore themes of duty, purpose, and the pull between beauty and responsibility.

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instanceOf lyric poem
poem
author Sidney Lanier NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts natural beauty of Georgia
describes course of the Chattahoochee River
explores conflict between beauty and duty
social obligation
work ethic
firstPublishedIn a 19th-century American periodical
genre lyric poetry
hasEducationalUse analysis of theme of duty
illustration of personification
hasForm rhymed verse
hasMeter irregular meter
hasNotableLine “Out of the hills of Habersham, / Down the valleys of Hall”
hasRefrain lines emphasizing the river’s duty
hasSettingElement fields
marshes
mountains
plains
valleys
inspiredBy Chattahoochee River in Georgia NERFINISHED
isTaughtIn American literature courses
secondary school English curricula
language English
literaryDevice alliteration
imagery
metaphor
personification
literaryMovement American Romanticism
mainSubject Chattahoochee River NERFINISHED
narrativeVoice first-person voice of the river
partOf Sidney Lanier’s poetic works
publicationYear 1877
setIn Chattahoochee River NERFINISHED
Georgia NERFINISHED
symbolizes productive labor
public service
sense of duty
theme duty
purpose
responsibility
self-sacrifice
temptation of beauty
timePeriod 19th century

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Sidney Lanier notableWork Song of the Chattahoochee