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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ARMY CORPS ON THE MARCH, by WALT WHITMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With its cloud of skirmishers in advance Last Line: As the army corps advances. Subject(s): American Civil War; United States - History | |||
With its cloud of skirmishers in advance, With now the sound of a single shot snapping like a whip, and now an irregular volley, The swarming ranks press on and on, the dense brigades press on, Glittering dimly, toiling under the sun -- the dust-cover'd men, In columns rise and fall to the undulations of the ground, With artillery interspers'd -- the wheels rumble, the horses sweat, As the army corps advances. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A VISIT TO GETTYSBURG by LUCILLE CLIFTON AFTER SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE by DAVID FERRY ACROSS THE LONG DARK BORDER by EDWARD HIRSCH WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS by DAVID IGNATOW THE DAY OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS; MARY 30, 1869 by EMMA LAZARUS MANHATTAN, 1609 by EDWIN MARKHAM THE DECISION (APRIL 14, 1861) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE SPARROW HARK IN THE RAIN (ALEXANDER STEPHENS HEARS NEWS) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS A BROADWAY PAGEANT by WALT WHITMAN |
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