"A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim" By: Walt Whitman by Andrew Hinh (Student FVHS) https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8 Andrew Hinh and Travis Wu Period 1 en-us 2022-02-16 16:35:43 UTC 2022-02-18 16:33:05 UTC hello@padlet.com 2. What heavily connotative words are used? What words have unusual or special meanings? Are any words or phrases repeated? If so, why? Which words do you need to look up? aphinh100 https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2051298397 The author employs some words that connotate gruesome, cold battles and harsh conditions in the camp. The repetitive description of the word "gray" results from the author describing the soldiers, his generosity to help the more dependent people, and to supply for them. Other words that uplift the negative connotation could be gaunt, grim, dim, and dead. Walt Whitman doesn't realize the harsh reality of death, his comrades that die before his eyes. During the time that Walt Whitman came to visit the hospital tent, "Three forms I see on stretchers lying, brought out there untended lying." This refers to the death of his fellow war comrades and what they truly didn't deserve. Dead and gray are repeated throughout these lines to demonstrate the sorrows and gloomy circumstances that he faced. These phrases repeat the message of death, and how war is not perceived as how other people think it is. War is devastating, leading to a man vs man world which Walt Whitman with so much generosity to help others simply can't save his own comrades. ]]> 2022-02-16 16:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2051298397 A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim aphinh100 https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2051301923 2022-02-16 16:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2051301923 5. Are there any symbols? What do they mean? Are they universal symbols or do they arise from the context of this poem? aphinh100 https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2053537244 To portray a meaningful death for the fallen soldiers, Walt Whitman illustrates the overseen and unwelcoming suffering the fighters went through. The "ample brownish woolen blanket... gray and heavy blanket, folding, covering all" used visual imagery to express the plain blanket as a symbol of misery. Whitman employs the reality of warfare and how each lifeless body went through countless suffering; though each overlooked by humanity. The dampened blanket dims and darkened the light of heroism and bravery, only yielding the sorrowful and devilish aftermath of the war. 
           The universal symbol of the blanket also presents a deeper meaning of shadowing the reality of warfare. As the poet strayed through the campsite, the "daybreak gray and dim" blurred the vision of the men laying on the floor. Drifting closer towards the hospital stretchers, the introduction of the blanket proved a bigger picture, yet small overall. The laying bodies scattered densely compacted with each other. As the author, "with light fingers...lift the blanket", the true reality struck. Each stretcher occupied one human through any age and any form.]]> 2022-02-17 16:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2053537244 Walt Whitman tqwu100 https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2053545556 2022-02-17 16:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2053545556 4. What figures of speech are used? How do they contribute to the tone and meaning of the poem? aphinh100 https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2053557850
Walt Whitman created the poem by interviewing survivors and veterans of the American Civil War, implementing complex figurative language to enhance the meaning and mood of the poem. Though the character acknowledges the bodies uncovered were deceased, he still questioned towards one of the fallen "who are you my dear comrade?" This apostrophe provides substantial information about the character's personality; patriotic by saying "comrade" and warm-hearted by still caring for the dead. An allusion about Christ portrayed one of the young soldiers who's "face is the face of Christ himself". Walt Whitman alludes how the comrades were "dead and divine and brother of all, and here again he lies". This line illustrated how Christ suffered and died for the freedom and will of humanity, similarly to how the soldiers in the American Civil War fought for the freedom of their country. 
]]> 2022-02-17 16:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2053557850 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? tqwu100 https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2053623162 Images that the poet uses relate to the death of his comrades after waking up very early in the morning and the description of the young boy that is compared to a beautiful ivory flower. The poet uses words to compare the dim climate to the dark, with the uncertainty of death. The poet explains his morning "As slow I walk in the cool fresh air the path nearby the hospital tent" (Stanza 1). The image of self-conceived relates to how the people view the harsh cruelty of the war. Not only that but society and people like Walt Whitman are shocked by tragic events represented. This image also correlates to the image of the fallen young adult as described by Walt Whitman.  After glancing upon the second comrade, "Then to the third---a face nor child nor old, very calm, as of beautiful yellow-white ivory;" The poet realized at such a staggeringly young age how his death is the sacrifice for the regular people in society. His death, as well as the two other comrades, resemble justice: their bravery in war can be acknowledged by the death of Jesus as his crucifixion can relate to the ultimate sacrifice for the betterment of conditions. The motif carries out as people intend to carry out good, like battling in the war however suffering and eventually death, but it shows also how thankful Walt Whitman was yet seemingly melancholy at the sight of it. ]]> 2022-02-17 16:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2053623162 aphinh100 https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2054585237 2022-02-18 04:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2054585237 aphinh100 https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2055528028 2022-02-18 16:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aphinh100/ren4uqqsutuq40l8/wish/2055528028