Consider the Walt Whitman Poem "Come Up from the Fields

question 13

Essay

Consider the Walt Whitman poem "Come Up from the Fields, Father." Identify and explain parts of the poem where the death of a child affects the parents and provides a contrast with the world of the first part of the poem.
I. Identify places in the poem where the loss of a child affects the parents.
II. Explain those effects.
III. Show the difference between the mood of the first half of the poem and the second.