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English x American Lit

Consider the use of the word 'vigil' in Whitman's "Vigil Strange I Kept One Night"

The denotation (literal meaning) of the word 'vigil' is 'wakefulness.'

What connotations (implied meaning) does the word 'vigil' carry in the poem, "Vigil Strange I Kept One Night" by Whitman? How does the connotation of the word 'vigil' affect the reading of the poem.

(select 2 answers that apply)

Question 1 options:

To be vigilant is a virtue. Therefore, the vigilant person is virtuous.


People often undertake vigils for religious purposes or to sit by a sick or dying person, or to pray for them.


By using the word 'vigil,' Whitman suggests that both the speaker's actions and the cause for which his comrades have died are also holy.


People often go on rampage as a vigilante as they are wakeful to the offenses of others and take revenge into their own hands.

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The first and third answer choices are the correct answers. These options show that:

  • To be vigilant is a virtue. Therefore, the vigilant person is virtuous.
  • By using the word 'vigil,' Whitman suggests that both the speaker's actions and the cause for which his comrades have died are also holy.

What does vigil mean in this poem?

  • The poem shows the speaker setting up a watch for a soldier who has been fought and is wounded.
  • The speaker is taking care of the soldier, hoping for his recovery.
  • The vigil which the speaker is establishing lasts for hours on end, but he remains vigilant, with patience and virtue.

The speaker understands that his work in the watch is sacred, but the cause of his comrades' death on the battlefield is also a sacred cause.

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