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... In Walt Whitman’s poem, “Beat! Beat! Drums,” the speaker signifies the sounds of war. The speaker, listening to the banging of war drums and shrill sounds of bugles, relates the interruption these war sounds have on the harmony of people’s lives. Whitman uses the sounds of drums as an audible image to show its effects on the common people. ... Whitman using the loud banging of drums and the blows of bugles creates a war atmosphere throughout the whole poem. He brings in the sounds of war at the beginning and end of every section to ensure the reader has a feeling that the drums are never ending. For example, Whitman starts the first section with: “Beat! beat! drums – blow bugles blow”, and ends the first section with a feeling that the drums are only getting louder: “So fierce you whirr and pound you drums – so shrill you bugles blow. ... Using imagery, the sounds travel “through the windows-through doors-burst like a ruthless force,” as if the drums and bugles are shattering through the homes of the common people. ... Whitman uses imagery to show how the drums and bugles interrupt everyday life. ... ” These show how the drums are easy to disrupt these calming places. Then Whitman finishes the first section as the drums are getting louder or the war is getting bigger, “So fierce you whirr and pound your drums- so shrill you bugles blow.
Approximate Word count = 1100
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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