Walt Whitman

What class of workers does Whitman celebrate in "I Hear America Singing"?

• housewives
• singers
• laborers
• athletes

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What is the theme of "Song of Myself"?

• Poetry is the answer to everything
• Grass should be mowed often
• Rich folks have all the answers
• We are all connected

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The use of the word "singing" in "I Hear America Singing" is an example of

• repetend
• repetition
• anaphora
• refrain

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What is the name of Whitman's great book of poetry?

• Leaves of Grass
• Blades of Grass
• Eating Tatertot Casserole
• America

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What was Walt Whitman known as?

• A Lover of Dreams
• A Mentor to young boys
• America's Poet
• Poet Laureate

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What poetic technique was Whitman most famous for?

• Free verse
• Personification
• Punctuation
• Similes and Metaphors

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The Americans the speaker refers to in the poem "I Hear America Singing" are-

• ordinary working people
• wounded soldiers
• great figures in the US history
• doctors and nurses

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In "I Hear America Singing", Which of the following statements is true about the songs America is singing?

• The songs are out of tune

• Each person has a different song

• People are singing songs no one can hear

• People are singing out of sorrow

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"O Captain! My Captain!" was written just after the end of the Civil War.  The speaker's description of a captain who dies most likely refers to

• Walt Whitman
• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee

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In "O Captain! My Captain!", You can tell that the poem is an elegy because the speaker is

• telling a story.

• sharing ideas about nature.

• describing a historical event.

• reflecting on a death.

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