i learned that it is written for Lincoln but what is the importance? what does the lilacs represent? thank you all :)
2007-12-09 08:01:06 · 4 answers · asked by burcy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
God schools never change are they still making you learn
that ****.....
2007-12-09 08:05:02 · answer #1 · answered by Mrs. P. 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I do not know this poem..
you should have posted a link...
BUT
at what time do the lilacs bloom.??? ..a time in spring and joy for life..(they have a sweet fragerance)
A dooryard is simply the garden around the home...
Lilacs were often planted in the grave yards ..
the civil war was ... ???
2007-12-09 08:16:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lincoln was assassinated in April, when lilacs were in bloom in Washington, DC. Usually springtime flowers are symbols of rebirth, of the earth reviving and blooming again after winter. But in this poem the lilacs become associated with death.
The poem refers to the murdered president symbolically as "great star" in the heavens and also as "him I love."
Some sections of the poem describe the funeral train carrying Lincoln's body on a cross-country journey from Washington to its burial place in Illinois.
Whitman uses images from nature -- such as birds and flowers -- to suggest that not only is he mourning Lincoln's death, not only are the people of the United States mourning their fallen leader, but the whole natural world is in mourning for the loss of a truly great soul.
2007-12-09 08:38:53 · answer #3 · answered by classmate 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I actually would have asked the same thing/
2007-12-09 08:03:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋