{"id":"01KG8AJJQ0S5QDK8AEBACPKRV9","cid":"bafkreia63q5bhannqq67g72nimmz5kpa6ycr6vy5fpnyiq3syxvomhlwpa","type":"chapter","properties":{"description":"# THE FORTITUDE OF THE NORTH\n## Overview\n\"THE FORTITUDE OF THE NORTH\" is a chapter within the [John Marr and Other Poems](arke:01KG8AJ5CWVMSM9AY2938E996H) poetry collection. It is a poem consisting of nine lines in one stanza. The poem appears on lines 3427-3445 of the source file, [john_marr_and_other_poems.txt](arke:01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4).\n\n## Context\nThis chapter is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It is preceded by the chapter titled [INSCRIPTION](arke:01KG8AJJPYW840WA4NY76CRMAJ) and followed by [THE MOUND BY THE LAKE](arke:01KG8AJJQ0F2Y4WQX6GTMYD7FM).\n\n## Contents\nThe poem, subtitled \"Under the Disaster of the Second Manassas,\" uses the metaphor of a \"Cape-of-Storms\" to describe the resilience of those who fight for what they believe is right, even in the face of defeat. The poem suggests that true fortitude lies in continuing the struggle despite setbacks, like cliffs that \"gleam through rents in sleet\" during an Antarctic storm.\n","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:09.286Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"THE FORTITUDE OF THE NORTH","end_line":3445,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:32.310Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"THE FORTITUDE OF THE NORTH","source_file":"01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4","start_line":3427,"text":"THE FORTITUDE OF THE NORTH\r\n\r\n\r\n_Under the Disaster of the Second Manassas_\r\n\r\n\r\nThey take no shame for dark defeat\r\n    While prizing yet each victory won,\r\nWho fight for the Right through all retreat,\r\n    Nor pause until their work is done.\r\nThe Cape-of-Storms is proof to every throe;\r\n    Vainly against that foreland beat\r\nWild winds aloft and wilder waves below:\r\nThe black cliffs gleam through rents in sleet\r\nWhen the livid Antarctic storm-clouds glow.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"THE FORTITUDE OF THE NORTH"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ5CWVMSM9AY2938E996H","peer_type":"poetry_collection","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJPYW840WA4NY76CRMAJ","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJQ0F2Y4WQX6GTMYD7FM","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:36.160Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:09.502Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}