Read the poem.
Come Up from the Fields Father
excerpt from Drum-Taps
by Walt Whitman
Come up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete,
And come to the front door mother, here's a letter from thy dear son.
Lo, 'tis autumn,
Lo, where the trees, deeper green, yellower and redder,
Cool and sweeten Ohio's villages, with leaves fluttering in the moderate wind,
How does the reference to a "cavalry skirmish" affect the poem?
ABy explicitly explaining how the son died, the language heightens the contrast between the safety of the farm and the dangers of the battlefield.
BBy indicating that the son died in a battle fought by soldiers on horseback, the language evokes a past when the violence of war was close-up and personal.
CBy focusing on the type of battle in which the son died, the language reminds readers that this tragedy is just one of many that live out during time.
Come Up from the Fields Father
excerpt from Drum-Taps
by Walt Whitman
Come up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete,
And come to the front door mother, here's a letter from thy dear son.
Lo, 'tis autumn,
Lo, where the trees, deeper green, yellower and redder,
Cool and sweeten Ohio's villages, with leaves fluttering in the moderate wind,
How does the reference to a "cavalry skirmish" affect the poem?
ABy explicitly explaining how the son died, the language heightens the contrast between the safety of the farm and the dangers of the battlefield.
BBy indicating that the son died in a battle fought by soldiers on horseback, the language evokes a past when the violence of war was close-up and personal.
CBy focusing on the type of battle in which the son died, the language reminds readers that this tragedy is just one of many that live out during time.