by Whitman · Cluster: Poet as Prophet · Prophet · Romantic Movement (Sensibility)
Abstract
A compressed emblem-lyric of the national flag (thirty-eight stars, scarlet stripes) flaunting a warning to the world; patriotic emblem of the Union and the flag.
Connections
Motifs: Flags and Banners, Stars, White and Red Themes & Concepts: Nationalism and Patriotism, Union
Testo integrale / Full text
Cluster: DRUM-TAPS
World take good notice, silver stars fading,
Milky hue ript, wet of white detaching,
Coals thirty-eight, baleful and burning,
Scarlet, significant, hands off warning,
Now and henceforth flaunt from these shores.