Nov 15, 2009

Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War | Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

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Author: Herman Melville
First Published: 1866
Type of Work: Book of poems
Genres: Poetry
Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Civil War, War, Soldiers, Labor unions, Battles, Confederate States of America, Generals

The Poems

Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is a collection of seventy-two poems that depict key episodes and individuals of the Civil War as well as the temperament of the American people during the great conflict. Herman Melville arranges the poems in a chronological order so that the collection becomes an impressionistic history of the war delivered in verses rather than in prose. The first poem of the volume, “The Portent,” depicts the hanging of John Brown, the abolitionist who, in 1859, failed in his attempt to start a slave rebellion by capturing the United...

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Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War | Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

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The Poems

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