poem "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier

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The poem "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier is a patriotic ballad that dramatizes an elderly Union woman's defiance of Confederate troops during the American Civil War.

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instanceOf narrative poem ⓘ
patriotic ballad ⓘ
poem ⓘ
adaptedAs recitation piece ⓘ
author John Greenleaf Whittier ⓘ
commemoratedIn Barbara Fritchie House and Museum ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depictsEvent Confederate troops marching through Frederick ⓘ
famousLine Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, but spare your country’s flag, she said. ⓘ
featuresCharacter Stonewall Jackson ⓘ
firstLine Up from the meadows rich with corn ⓘ
firstPublishedAs “Barbara Frietchie” ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Atlantic Monthly ⓘ
genre Civil War poetry ⓘ
patriotic poetry ⓘ
hasForm rhymed verse ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective third-person narrator ⓘ
hasSubject American flag ⓘ
linked to: United States flag

elderly woman ⓘ
military honor ⓘ
historicalAccuracy disputed ⓘ
historicalBasis Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
includedInCollection Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier ⓘ
influenced American Civil War memory ⓘ
popular image of Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
inspiredByEvent Confederate occupation of Frederick, Maryland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement American Romanticism ⓘ
Fireside Poets ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
meter ballad meter ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1863 ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Union ⓘ
portrays Union loyalty ⓘ
defiance of Confederate forces ⓘ
portraysCharacterAs heroic civilian ⓘ
publicationMedium The Atlantic Monthly ⓘ
rhymeScheme regular alternating rhyme ⓘ
settingPeriod American Civil War ⓘ
settingPlace Frederick, Maryland ⓘ
settingYear 1862 ⓘ
theme courage ⓘ
individual conscience ⓘ
national unity ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
tone patriotic ⓘ
reverent ⓘ
usedIn school readers in the late 19th century ⓘ

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Barbara Frietchie → depictedIn → poem "Barbara Frietchie" ⓘ
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John Greenleaf Whittier → notableWork → poem "Barbara Frietchie" ⓘ
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Barbara Fritchie → commemoratedIn → poem "Barbara Frietchie" ⓘ
subject linked to: Frietchie
linked to: poem "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier
Barbara Fritchie → subjectOf → poem "Barbara Frietchie" ⓘ
subject linked to: Frietchie
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Frietchie → usedIn → poem "Barbara Frietchie" ⓘ
linked to: poem "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier