First O Songs for a Prelude

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First O Songs for a Prelude is a section of Walt Whitman’s Civil War poetry collection "Drum-Taps," introducing its themes of war, nationhood, and personal reflection.

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First O Songs for a Prelude canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
poem
author Walt Whitman
countryOfOrigin United States
genre poetry
war poetry
hasAuthorNationality American
includedIn later editions of Leaves of Grass
language English
literaryMovement American Romanticism
Transcendentalism
literaryTechnique cataloguing
first-person narration
imagery
repetition
symbolism
meter free verse
originalCollectionPublicationYear 1865
partOf Drum-Taps
relatedWork Drum-Taps
Leaves of Grass
setInPeriod American Civil War
theme American Civil War
collective identity
democracy
history
memory
nationhood
patriotism
personal reflection
the cost of war
the experience of soldiers
the individual and the nation
the meaning of sacrifice
war

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Drum-Taps hasPart First O Songs for a Prelude