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“Barbara Frietchie” is a narrative poem, or ballad, written by 19th-century American poet John Greenleaf Whittier. It was published in the Atlantic Monthly in October 1863. Whittier was a renowned poet in his day and this patriotic poem, written during the Civil War, quickly became popular and was reprinted many times in the North.
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Dive deep into John Greenleaf Whittier's Barbara Frietchie with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion.
Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. “Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country’s flag,” she said.
“Halt!”— the dust-brown ranks stood fast. “Fire!”— out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff. Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf; She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will.
Nov 23, 2011 · Barbara Frietchie. The classic poem mythologizing an old woman who flew her Union flag as the rebels marched past. By John Greenleaf Whittier. The Civil War Issue. A personally reticent but...
