It contains a lyric within a lyric, the italicized song of the hermit thrush in stanza fourteen that begins, "Come lovely and soothing death, / Undulate round this world, serenely arriving, arriving, In the day, in the night, to all, to each…" Another major symbol in this poem is the fallen western star, which the poet uses to represent the deceased figure to whom this poem is dedicated. Perhaps the most recognizable symbol, however, is the dooryard shrub that was in full bloom in the Washington area at the time of Abra
It contains a lyric within a lyric, the italicized song of the hermit thrush in stanza fourteen that begins, "Come lovely and soothing death, / Undulate round this world, serenely arriving, arriving, In the day, in the night, to all, to each…" Another major symbol in this poem is the fallen western star, which the poet uses to represent the deceased figure to whom this poem is dedicated. Perhaps the most recognizable symbol, however, is the dooryard shrub that was in full bloom in the Washington area at the time of Abraham Lincoln's death. FTP, identify this eulogy poem written by Walt Whitman.
It contains a lyric within a lyric, the italicized song of the hermit thrush in stanza fourteen that begins, "Come lovely and soothing death, /
{When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d}