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When there is a contrast between appearance and reality irony results. Why is it ironic that the crowds are celebrating in Whitman’s poem

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It is ironic because Lincoln recently died, but now here they are celebrating the ending of the civil war. A happy celebration for a sad circumstance.

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It is ironic because Lincoln just died, but they are celebrating the ending of the civil war.

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