The

Wound-
Dresser
BY WALT WHITMAN
 Walt Whitman's 1865 poem 'The
Wound-Dresser' is a moving response to
the destructiveness of the American
Civil War, one influenced by the poet's
own experiences as a hospital volunteer
treating injured soldiers.
Activity

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 Each student will be
THIS IS A
SLIDE TITLE assigned a stanza in
the poem.

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YOU CAN
ALSO SPLIT Students will be asked
YOUR
CONTENT to read the stanza.

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 They will be asked to
IN TWO OR
THREE
give the interpretation
COLUMNS of what they have
read.

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