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Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
Herman Melville
The overall thematic movement of Battle-Pieces is from the chaos of war to the order of peace and reconciliation, a movement also evident in Drum-Taps (1865), Walt Whitman's collection of Civil War poems. Melville's volume's early poems depict a nation torn asunder by a violent storm, but the war's end and the North's victory reestablish order in the American universe. For example, "Aurora-Borealis," a poem commemorating the end of the war, opens with the question, "What power disbands the Northern Lights/ After their steely play?"
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 7, 2019 |
| ISBN13 | 9781072703280 |
| Pages | 246 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 14 mm · 367 g |
| Language | English |