When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Blooms

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When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd in the Sequel to Drum-Taps
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In 1865, Walt Whitman published Drum-Taps, a collections of poems written during the war. A sequel was published the following year, which included Oh Captain! My Captain! and When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd, both written in response to the Lincoln Assassination. When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd was written in the form of an elegy during the summer of 1866.
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University of California Libraries via The Internet Archive
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Walt Whitman. "When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd in the Sequel to Drum-Taps". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1172

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When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd in the Sequel to Drum-Taps

Description

In 1865, Walt Whitman published Drum-Taps, a collections of poems written during the war. A sequel was published the following year, which included Oh Captain! My Captain! and When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd, both written in response to the Lincoln Assassination. When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd was written in the form of an elegy during the summer of 1866.
Source

University of California Libraries via The Internet Archive
Rights

This item is in the public domain and may be reproduced and used for any purpose, including research, teaching, private study, publication, broadcast or commercial use, with proper citation and attribution.
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Walt Whitman
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May 1, 1865