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  1. EIDÓLONS. (0)
  2. TO THEE OLD CAUSE. (1)
  3. SONG OF THE REDWOOD-TREE. (1)
  4. SONG OF THE UNIVERSAL. (1)
  5. THE DALLIANCE OF THE EAGLES. (3)
  6. OUT FROM BEHIND THIS MASK. (0)
  7. THE PRAIRIE STATES. (0)
  8. PRAYER OF COLUMBUS. (0)
  9. THOU MOTHER WITH THY EQUAL BROOD. (0)
  10. TO A LOCOMOTIVE IN WINTER. (0)
  11. AS AT THY PORTALS ALSO DEATH. (1)
  12. MANNAHATTA. (0)
  13. WITH HUSKY-HAUGHTY LIPS, O SEA! (1)
  14. YONNONDIO. (0)
  15. OLD AGE’S LAMBENT PEAKS. (2)
  16. TO THE SUN-SET BREEZE. (0)
  17. OSCEOLA. (0)
  18. GOOD-BYE MY FANCY! (0)
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Perhaps merely generating from the title, The Song of the Redwood-Tree, the reader may unconsciously be tempted to believe that the protagonist of this work is a tree. However, on the contrary, the tree is not the central figure of this poem. In fact, the prime speaker is human: a great Native American chief. Still, the poem does not simply stop there. Apparently, there is not only one speaker in this poem, but two: the Native American chief and Mother Nature. On the surface, seems to be about an elegy for a tree that is on the brink of being chopped down. However, in reality, it is a song dedicated to a Native American chief who is being kicked out by the white settlers. Also, towards the end of the poem, one will be able to spot the irony in the work's overall tone.
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