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Life and Death in WW’s “Warble for Lilac-time”

The speaker in Walt Whitman’s “Warble for Lilac-time” observes the scenery of a spring day, and is sure to notice the beauty of it. The scents of newly bloomed lilacs, the sky, the birds and their wings. Almost all of the imagery in this poem is focused on nature’s beauty. Unlike much of Whitman’s poetry, […]

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