“Malvern Hill”

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“Malvern Hill” is a poem by Herman Melville reflecting on the brutal Civil War battle of Malvern Hill, included in his collection Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem ⓘ
author Herman Melville ⓘ
collection Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War ⓘ
conflictDepicted American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublicationCollection Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War ⓘ
focusesOn aftermath of battle ⓘ
landscape of the battlefield ⓘ
genre Civil War poetry ⓘ
war poetry ⓘ
hasAllusion biblical imagery ⓘ
classical imagery ⓘ
historicalEventDepicted Battle of Malvern Hill ⓘ
includedIn Herman Melville’s Civil War poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice contrast between glory and horror of war ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
irony ⓘ
literaryForm lyric poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
American realism (early tendencies) ⓘ
linked to: Realism
meter irregular ⓘ
partOfSeries Battle-Pieces (Civil War poems) ⓘ
perspective Union perspective ⓘ
portrays soldiers as victims of war ⓘ
publicationYear 1866 ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Harper & Brothers ⓘ
rhymeScheme irregular ⓘ
setting Malvern Hill, Virginia ⓘ
subject American Civil War ⓘ
Battle of Malvern Hill ⓘ
theme brutality of war ⓘ
cost of victory ⓘ
disillusionment with war ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
memory of battle ⓘ
mourning the dead ⓘ
tone elegiac ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
somber ⓘ
workByAuthor Herman Melville ⓘ

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Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War → hasPart → “Malvern Hill” ⓘ