Question

Anyone known poetry? I can't understand it.

This is an excerpt from John Greenleaf Whittier’s 1892 “Brown of Ossawatomie.”

“...The shadows of his stormy life that mo-
ment fell apart;
And they who blamed the bloody hand
forgave the loving heart.
That kiss from all its guilty means re-
deemed the good intent,
And round the grisly fighter's hair the
martyr's aureole bent!...”

This excerpt from Whittier’s poem is in reference to the scene shown in Document Four.

Short-Answer Questions

What does the poet mean by “bloody hand”?
Does the poet think John Brown was a hero or a criminal? How do you know?

Answer 1

a hand stained with deer's blood being sufficient evidence in old English forest laws of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. 2 heraldry : a red hand (as in the arms of Ulster) that is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom or of Ireland.

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Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

I think that John Brown used to be a criminal, But was then forgiven because of “forgave the loving heart” This means that people have forgiven him for his crime