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How The Lilacs Bloom'd In The Dooryard
Robert Roper considers how Walt Whitman's experiences of volunteering in Civil War hospitals, and of writing letters of condolence to the families of newly-dead soldiers, helped shape "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," his elegy for Abraham Lincoln. Obit Mag 07/02/09
Robert Roper considers how Walt Whitman's experiences of volunteering in Civil War hospitals, and of writing letters of condolence to the families of newly-dead soldiers, helped shape "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," his elegy for Abraham Lincoln. Obit Mag 07/02/09
Posted July 2, 2009 09:51 PM
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