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THE BRAVEST SOLDIERS by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: BRAVE, BRAVE WERE THE SOLDIERS (HIGH NAMED TO-DAY) WHO LIVED THROUGH THE FIGHT
Last Line: BUT THE BRAVEST PRESS'D TO THE FRONT AND FELL, UNNAMED, UNKNOWN.
Subject(s): COURAGE; SOLDIERS; VALOR; BRAVERY;

Brave, brave were the soldiers (high named to-day) who
lived through the fight;
But the bravest press'd to the front and fell, unnamed, unknown.



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