Analysis of Imagery "Beat! Beat! Drums!" The Civil War had a major impact on the people of America through the years of 1861 to 1865. Walt Whitman, a poet and Northerner of this time, wanted to capture the people's reactions of the war after finding out it was not going to end as quickly as they had anticipated. Whitman illustrated how the people, especially Northerners, changed throughout this conflict; he achieved this by using countless images in …showed first 75 words of 955 total…

…showed last 75 words of 955 total…power, hope, and motivation. While other authors of his time were seeking tradition through their poetry, Walt Whitman broke away from that and expressed himself in poetic voices. He did this by mainly focusing on imagery and used various images to further explain his feelings toward the war. Walt Whitman invited readers to explore values brought out by the images, and by doing this, made the feel for the people and the war more realistic.