Other Literature
- T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" alludes to "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" multiple times.
- Peter De Vries' novel The Blood of the Lamb uses motivs from Whitman's poem, including the brown thrush with its "unendurable" song, and the association of lilacs with death. The main character's daughter is also named Carol, possibly an allusion to the brown-grey thrush's "Carol of Death."
- The popularity of the poem has often made it subject to parody and satire.
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