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Read the poem.
A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown
from Drum-Taps
by Walt Whitman
A march in the ranks hard-prest, and the road unknown.
4. route through a heavy wood with muffled steps in the
darkness.
Our army foil'd with loss severe, and the sullen remnant
retreating.
Tül after midnight glimmer upon us the lights of a dim-lighted
building.
We come to an open space in the woods, and halt by the
dim-lighted building.
Tis a large old church at the crossing roads, now an impromptu
hospital
Entering but for a minute I see a sight beyond all the pictures
and
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Shadows of deepest, deepest black, just lit by moving candles
and lamps.
And by one great pitchy porch stationary with wild red flame and
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By these crowds groups of forms vaguely I see on the floor.
In "A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown."
readers can infer the scene inside the church will leave a
lasting impression on the speaker.
Which excerpt from the poem supports this inference?
"By these crowds, groups of forms vaguely I see on
the floor, some in the pews laid down,"
"The glisten of the little steel instruments catching
the glint of the torches
"These resume as I chant, I see again the forms.
sme the odor".
"Our army foil'd with loss severe, and the sullen
remnant retreating.
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