Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RED JACKET (FROM ALOFT), by WALT WHITMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Upon this scene, this show Last Line: Like one of ossian's ghosts looks down. Subject(s): Red Jacket. Seneca Chief (1756-1830) | ||||||||
Upon this scene, this show, Yielded to-day by fashion, learning, wealth, (Nor in caprice alone -- some grains of deepest meaning,) Haply, aloft, (who knows?) from distant sky-cloud's blended shapes, As some old tree, or rock or cliff, thrill'd with its soul, Product of Nature's sun, stars, earth direct -- a towering human form, In hunting-shirt of film, arm'd with the rifle, a half-ironical smile curving its phantom lips, Like one of Ossian's ghosts looks down. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RED JACKET by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK RED JACKET'S GRAVE by JAMES WRIGHT A BROADWAY PAGEANT by WALT WHITMAN A CAROL CLOSING SIXTY-NINE by WALT WHITMAN A CLEAR MIDNIGHT by WALT WHITMAN A FARM PICTURE by WALT WHITMAN A PRAIRIE SUNSET by WALT WHITMAN |
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