Vicouac On A Mountain Side Poem by Walt Whitman

Vicouac On A Mountain Side

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I SEE before me now, a traveling army halting;
Below, a fertile valley spread, with barns, and the orchards of
summer;
Behind, the terraced sides of a mountain, abrupt in places, rising
high;
Broken, with rocks, with clinging cedars, with tall shapes, dingily
seen;
The numerous camp-fires scatter'd near and far, some away up on the
mountain;
The shadowy forms of men and horses, looming, large-sized flickering;
And over all, the sky--the sky! far, far out of reach, studded,
breaking out, the eternal stars.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mahtab Bangalee 20 January 2020

breaking the sound of breaking halting the march, the time of civilization, the integral part of humanity breaking the unbreakable heart, the rock of society breaking everywhere flying the ash with fire over the sky no one is safe from the breaking danger oh the ultra modern life! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Morgan Dude 20 January 2020

very cute and cozy! nice poem

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Ramesh T A 20 January 2020

The impressions of Nature Poet Walt Whitman depicted in this poem is fascinating to read!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 January 2022

panorama on a mountainside as seen by the poet. Very impressively put 5 Stars full

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Chinedu Dike 20 January 2022

An insightful piece of poetry nicely crafted with vivid imagery......

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9ikkie 20 January 2020

Man is always conquering and subduing nature and his environment. " Looming" . Even the imposing mountain they " break" and inhabit. Yet nature is still superior! They cant touch the sky " far out of reach"

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jim hogg 20 January 2020

Vicouac? ? ? ? He's describing a bivouac...

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Edward Kofi Louis 20 January 2020

The sky! ! ! ! The sky! Muse of nature. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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