Which universal theme does this poem build on? Brave, brave were the soldiers (high named to-day) who lived through the fight; B
ut the bravest press'd to the front and fell, unnamed, unknown. (from "The Bravest Soldiers" by Walt Whitman) heroism death and rebirth salvation love and duty
Heroism because it is saying that there is more than one type of hero. there are those that, even though they die unrecognized, they are the biggest and bravest heros. it redefines what a hero is.
