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Old Ironsides
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Old Ironsides |
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Old Ironsides
The poem Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes was written to save the mighty battleship The
U.S. Constitution. In
the poem the writer talks about the mighty battleship and how they should sink it rather than put it ashore to
be retired. The
mood of the poem is very strong and very pointful. The writer of Old Ironsides Oliver Wendell Holmes
was one of the Fireside
Poets. The poem was Holmes masterpiece work.
The Fireside poets were a group of poets that wrote their poetry about love, nature, home, family,
and children. The
poem Old Ironsides was written in the aspect of nature and he also included somewhat of the family issue
in the poem. In the
poem Holmes talks about the ship and all its glorious days on the sea and this is what I referring to as the
family aspect.
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