Walt Whitman: Poems

“Bivouac on a Mountain Side”

“Bivouac on a Mountain Side”

When does this poem takes place in contrast to “Beat! Beat! Drums!”

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Like Beat! Beat! Drums!, the poem Bivouac on a Mountain Side is set during the Civil War. Bivouac on a Mountain Side, however, is set at that days end.... the close of the day..... the time when the drums cease beating.

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