"A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim" by Walt Whitman by Hayle Ha (Student FVHS) https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4 Hayle Ha and Tracy Nguyen en-us 2022-02-17 18:34:40 UTC 2022-02-22 18:27:14 UTC hello@padlet.com Walt Whitman htha101 https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053854108 2022-02-17 18:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053854108 A SIGHT IN CAMP IN THE DAYBREAK GRAY AND DIM. thnguyen187 https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053856760 A SIGHT in camp in the daybreak gray and dim,
As from my tent I emerge so early sleepless,
As slow I walk in the cool fresh air the path near by the hospital tent,
Three forms I see on stretchers lying, brought out there untended lying,
Over each the blanket spread, ample brownish woolen blanket,
Gray and heavy blanket, folding, covering all.

Curious I halt and silent stand,
Then with light fingers I from the face of the nearest the first just lift the blanket;
Who are you elderly man so gaunt and grim, with well-gray'd
hair, and flesh all sunken about the eyes?
Who are you my dear comrade?

Then to the second I step—and who are you my child and
darling?
Who are you sweet boy with cheeks yet blooming?
Then to the third—a face nor child nor old, very calm, as of
beautiful yellow-white ivory;
Young man I think I know you—I think this face is the face
of the Christ himself,
Dead and divine and brother of all, and here again he lies.
]]> 2022-02-17 18:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053856760 htha101 https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053861134 2022-02-17 18:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053861134 1. What is the poem’s tone? Which words reveal this tone? Is the poem ironic? htha101 https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053871392 The poem's tone is curious and melancholy. For example, the poem states that "Curious I halt and silent stand, / Then with light fingers I from the face of the nearest the first just lift the blanket; / Who are you elderly man so gaunt / and grim, with well-gray'd / hair, and flesh all sunken about the eyes?" This shows that the speaker is curious about why the man looks the way he does; the speaker wants to understand the experiences the elderly man is enduring. The poem also states that "Three forms I see on / stretchers lying, brought / out there untended lying." While the speaker observed the army men, he felt empathetic as he watched men dying in front of him. The poem is not ironic because when death occurs, oftentimes many people feel empathy for who died.

]]> 2022-02-17 18:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053871392 5. Are there any symbols? What do they mean? Are they universal symbols or do they arise from the context of this poem? htha101 https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053871961 The author mentions three comrades: the young man, the child and the elderly man, which all symbolize the Holy Trinity. The author wrote that, "Three forms I see on stretchers lying, / brought out there untended lying." This is significant because each comrade represents the Father, Son, or the Holy Ghost. These symbols arise from the context of the poem because the author uses characteristics that are similar to each of the parts of the Holy Trinity. The young man is portrayed as the Father because he is described as "the face / of the Christ himself." The child is portrayed as the son because he is described as a "sweet boy with cheeks / yet blooming." The elderly man is portrayed as the Holy Ghost because he is "so gaunt / and grim." ]]> 2022-02-17 18:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053871961 3. What images does the poet use? How do the images relate to one another? Do these images form a unified pattern (a motif) throughout the poem? htha101 https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053872258 The poet uses the bloody, injured soldiers to depict the brutality of war. The speaker encounters his first fellow soldier dead on a stretcher and questions, "Who are you elderly man so gaunt / and grim, with well-gray'd / hair, and flesh all sunken about the eyes? / Who are you my dear comrade?" At his second step, he sees another young comrade dead on the stretchers, "who are you my child and /
darling? / Who are you sweet boy with cheeks yet blooming?" On his next step forward, he comes to face with "a face nor child / nor old, very calm, as of / beautiful yellow-white ivory; / Young man I think I know you—I / think this face is the face / of the Christ himself, / Dead and divine and brother of all,  /and here again he lies."  With these vivid descriptions of passing soldiers, it creates a unified image of death and cruelty.]]> 2022-02-17 18:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053872258 6. What is the theme (the central idea) of this poem? Can you state it in a single sentence? Elaborate on your idea. thnguyen187 https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053872472 The theme of this poem is the cruelty of war and death. As the speaker walks around the hospital tents and takes a look at his comrades, he internally thinks "Then to the third—a face nor child nor old, very calm, as of / beautiful yellow-white ivory; / Young man I think I know you—I think this face is the face / of the Christ himself, / Dead and divine and brother of all, and here again he lies."  The soldiers that lay injured on the stretchers symbolize that no one truly wins in war; both sides will always have deaths and casualties. The dying soldiers who sacrifice themselves for their country are a direct correlation to the sacrifice of Christ for humankind. ]]> 2022-02-17 18:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/htha101/p40jgip20hh6d5m4/wish/2053872472