In Drum-Taps, Whitman makes a few new choices that we have not really seen from him so far. In two of the poems within this collection (“Song of the Banner at Daybreak” and “The Centenarian’s Story”), Whitman separates the poem into sections dictated by the person who seemingly is speaking. This method gives these poems a sort-of story-like feel, which is something we may expect more from prose rather than poetry. Another change that I noticed was in “Dirge for Two Veterans”, in which Whitman both uses much shorter lines than in his other poems and adds an indent to the first and fourth line of each stanza. Why do you think Whitman made these changes? Do you think that they are supposed to represent something, or is merely noticing their difference supposed to mean something in itself?