Come Up from the Fields Father

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"Come Up from the Fields Father" is a poignant Civil War–era poem by Walt Whitman that depicts a family's grief upon learning of their son's death in battle.

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Come Up from the Fields Father canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Walt Whitman ⓘ
containsCharacter the father ⓘ
the messenger ⓘ
the mother ⓘ
the son ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Walt Whitman ⓘ
depicts impact of war on civilians ⓘ
parental grief for a fallen soldier ⓘ
form free verse ⓘ
genre lyric poem ⓘ
war poem ⓘ
historicalContext American Civil War home front ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice contrast between pastoral life and war ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature ⓘ
meter irregular ⓘ
movement American Romanticism ⓘ
American realism ⓘ
narrativeFocus a family learning of their son’s death in battle ⓘ
partOf Walt Whitman’s Civil War poetry corpus ⓘ
setting American Civil War ⓘ
subjectMatter a letter reporting a soldier’s fatal wounding ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
family ⓘ
grief ⓘ
loss ⓘ
mother’s sorrow ⓘ
war ⓘ
tone poignant ⓘ
somber ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
writtenBy Walt Whitman ⓘ

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Drum-Taps → hasPart → Come Up from the Fields Father ⓘ
By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame → relatedWork → Come Up from the Fields Father ⓘ