Comments on: THE DEAD EMPEROR http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/02/the-dead-emperor/ Just another Looking for Whitman weblog Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:30:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.30 By: justin http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/02/the-dead-emperor/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:32:28 +0000 http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=105#comment-174 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_I

]]> By: justin http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/02/the-dead-emperor/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:46:27 +0000 http://camdenannotation.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=105#comment-58 This poem is a eulogy for Wilhelm I of Germany, the first Emperor of what was then the fledgling German empire. It was composed on March 10, 1888, the day after Wilhelm I died.

Columbia: the female personification of America. In this context, Whitman suggests that all of America is mourning the loss of Wilhelm I.

salt sea: could be the many oceans that separate Germany from the various nations that look up to it, or it could mean the tears people are shedding over the loss.

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