Race of Veterans
Race of Veterans - fact Summary
Included in Leaves of Grass
This short lyric celebrates a vigorous, triumphant American "race"—veterans and victors—who reject passive credulity and answer only to their own law. Whitman emphasizes collective strength, readiness for conflict, and passionate energy, linking individual resolve with national character. The poem reflects Whitman’s admiration for resilience and democratic selfhood as part of his larger poetic project.
Read Complete AnalysesRACE of veterans! Race of victors! Race of the soil, ready for conflict! race of the conquering march! (No more credulity’s race, abiding-temper’d race;) Race henceforth owning no law but the law of itself; Race of passion and the storm. 5
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