“Barbara Frietchie” By John Greenleaf Whittier
Setting –Set during The Civil War –
Host Army
Confederate Troops –Led by Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson –Rebel/ –Confederate troops march into Fredericktown, Maryland
Border State- Maryland
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Rebel/ Confederate Flag Southern Flag.
Union Flag (crimson bars)
The Civil War
End Slavery
Overseer/ patrolmen
Allusion- indirect reference
Town of Frederick
Couplet Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. Ex: Up from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn
–Up from the meadows – rich with corn, –Clear in the cool –September morn.
–Roses are red (A) –Violets are blue (B) –Sugar is sweet (C) And so are you (B)
Barbara Frietchie
–Fourscore and ten –How old was she?
Staff- pole
Tread- step
Rent- (verb) tore
Stirred (V) woke up
Host- army
Paraphrase vs. Summary The church spires of Frederick rise up from the cornfields, clear in the September morning. The spires are surrounded by the green hills of Maryland.