Classic and Contemporary Poetry

JOHN BROWN'S BODY, by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET                Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: They came on to fish-hook gettysburg in this way, after this fashion
Last Line: And the strange south moved against you, lean members lost in the corn
Subject(s): Abolitionists; American Civil War; Brown, John (1800-1859); Gettysburg Campaign (1863); Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Slavery; United States - History; Anti-slavery; Gettysburg, Battle Of; Serfs