What influence did the civil war have on Whitman's creation?

186 1 the civil war that abolished slavery broke out in was the turning point of Whitman's creation. Since then, his poetry has undergone fundamental changes, reducing the romantic mood and beginning to turn to real life. The representative works of this period include Song of Cowards, I Sing of a Charged Body, My own Song and so on. , exposed the oppression of slave owners and planters, expressed sympathy for blacks and Indians, and praised the ideal of freedom. There is a song praising the revolutionary war against slavery, "Beat the drums!" 》; There are drums, calling on the people to participate in the struggle against slavery and praising the heroism of the soldiers; And "ah, captain!" My captain! When lilacs are in full bloom in the garden recently.