Walt Whitman
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wasn't a very big fan of war. He thought everything about it was
negative. We can see this in his poetry. In “Beat! Beat! Drums!”, he expresses
his feelings toward war using symbolism. The drums and the bugles are examples
of two symbols. He is using these objects as representing war. Whit ....
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.... he doesn't appreciate war. He also
talks about the people who got wounded from the war. He feels bad for them and
wants to save them desperately. This shows that he dislikes the war because he
felt there was no need for them being injured. If it wasn't for the war, the
people wouldn't be that way. He doesn't state these beliefs directly, however
it is easy to see through his words. Walt Whitman mentions his dislike of war
throughout his poems. He may do this indirectly but his message is ....
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