|
|
In the poem tilted, Beat! Beat! Drums!, written by Walt Whitman, Whitman uses a fierce tone to emphasize his expressions and views of war. At the beginning of each stanza, Whitman repeats the phrase, beat! beat! drums!- blow! bugles! blow! in order to allow his readers to picture how important the loud noise is and that the drums are never ending. Whitman’s poem focuses on the idea of war rather than war itself, and its force into people’s lives. The structure of the poem reflects that urgency rises and rushes itself of sound. Through the windows, through doors, burst like a ruthless force, (2) into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation, (3) into the school where the scholar is studying. (4) These are just a few examples of Whitman trying to express the symbolism between the loud noise and its entrance in the world. In this poem Whitman signifies the sounds of war. As the narrator listens to the banging of war drums and shrill sounds of bugles, relates the interruption these war sounds have on people’s lives. Whitman uses the sounds of drums as an audible image to show its effects on the common people, as described specifically in the beginning of the poem. Imagery is applied in this poem when Whitman uses the loud banging of drums and the blows of bugles that creates a war atmosphere throughout the poem.
|
