Song of the Chattahoochee

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"Song of the Chattahoochee" is a well-known 1877 lyric poem by American poet Sidney Lanier that personifies Georgia’s Chattahoochee River to explore themes of duty, purpose, and the pull between beauty and responsibility.

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Song of the Chattahoochee canonical 2

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instanceOf lyric poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Sidney Lanier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts natural beauty of Georgia ⓘ
describes course of the Chattahoochee River ⓘ
explores conflict between beauty and duty ⓘ
social obligation ⓘ
work ethic ⓘ
firstPublishedIn a 19th-century American periodical ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasEducationalUse analysis of theme of duty ⓘ
illustration of personification ⓘ
hasForm rhymed verse ⓘ
hasMeter irregular meter ⓘ
hasNotableLine “Out of the hills of Habersham, / Down the valleys of Hall” ⓘ
hasRefrain lines emphasizing the river’s duty ⓘ
hasSettingElement fields ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
mountains ⓘ
plains ⓘ
valleys ⓘ
inspiredBy Chattahoochee River in Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Chattahoochee River
isTaughtIn American literature courses ⓘ
secondary school English curricula ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice alliteration ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ
personification ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
mainSubject Chattahoochee River ⓘ
narrativeVoice first-person voice of the river ⓘ
partOf Sidney Lanier’s poetic works ⓘ
publicationYear 1877 ⓘ
setIn Chattahoochee River ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
symbolizes productive labor ⓘ
public service ⓘ
sense of duty ⓘ
theme duty ⓘ
purpose ⓘ
responsibility ⓘ
self-sacrifice ⓘ
temptation of beauty ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Sidney Lanier → notableWork → Song of the Chattahoochee ⓘ
The Symphony → relatedWorkOfAuthor → Song of the Chattahoochee ⓘ