poem "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier

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The poem "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier is a patriotic ballad that dramatizes an elderly Union woman's defiance of Confederate troops during the American Civil War.

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instanceOf narrative poem
patriotic ballad
poem
adaptedAs recitation piece
author John Greenleaf Whittier NERFINISHED
commemoratedIn Barbara Fritchie House and Museum NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depictsEvent Confederate troops marching through Frederick
famousLine Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, but spare your country’s flag, she said.
featuresCharacter Stonewall Jackson NERFINISHED
firstLine Up from the meadows rich with corn
firstPublishedAs “Barbara Frietchie” NERFINISHED
firstPublishedIn The Atlantic Monthly NERFINISHED
genre Civil War poetry
patriotic poetry
hasForm rhymed verse
hasNarrativePerspective third-person narrator
hasSubject American flag NERFINISHED
elderly woman
military honor
historicalAccuracy disputed
historicalBasis Barbara Fritchie NERFINISHED
includedInCollection Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier NERFINISHED
influenced American Civil War memory
popular image of Barbara Fritchie
inspiredByEvent Confederate occupation of Frederick, Maryland NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement American Romanticism
Fireside Poets NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 19th century American literature
mainCharacter Barbara Fritchie NERFINISHED
meter ballad meter
originalPublicationYear 1863
politicalAlignment pro-Union
portrays Union loyalty
defiance of Confederate forces
portraysCharacterAs heroic civilian
publicationMedium The Atlantic Monthly NERFINISHED
rhymeScheme regular alternating rhyme
settingPeriod American Civil War NERFINISHED
settingPlace Frederick, Maryland NERFINISHED
settingYear 1862
theme courage
individual conscience
national unity
patriotism
tone patriotic
reverent
usedIn school readers in the late 19th century

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Barbara Fritchie describedBySource poem "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier
Fritchie depictedIn poem "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier
subject surface form: Barbara Frietchie
this entity surface form: poem "Barbara Frietchie"
Fritchie notableWork poem "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier
subject surface form: John Greenleaf Whittier
this entity surface form: poem "Barbara Frietchie"