patriotic poetry
Flag-waving stanzas
Patriotic poetry expresses love of country, celebrates national identity, or honors those who served the nation.
The genre ranges from stirring anthems to battlefield elegies: The poem became a patriotic standard, recited at Fourth of July gatherings.
Critics sometimes use the term dismissively for verse that substitutes flag-waving for craft.
- flagCloth symbol or signal
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- battle hymnSong for warfare
- war heroesFighters honored for valor
- fallen soldiersTroops killed in warfare
Walt Whitman · valor · oath · anti-colonialism · sacrifice · blood and soil · Langston Hughes · heritage · ode · rallying cry · war cry · independence movements · Romanticism · pride · star spangled · laureate · revolution · homeland