Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration, July 21, 1865 (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Russell Lowell
- First Published: 1865
- Type of Work: Ode
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry, Ode
The Poem
James Russell Lowell’s Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration, July 21, 1865 consists of 426 irregularly rhyming lines of six to twelve syllables (the first line has four syllables) divided into twelve stanzas of varying length. The Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, and President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14. Lowell’s ode was commissioned to be read at a service to commemorate Harvard men who died fighting for the Union. The poem praises the dedication of the fallen to a high ideal, and a lengthy stanza pays tribute to Lincoln. The poet...
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