Walt Whitman Writing

Whitman’s famous book of poetry that he revised many times over his lifetime is called

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Define 'free verse'

• Poetry with no regular patterns of rhyme or meter

• Poetry with regular patterns of rhyme or meter

• Poetry written with a precise meter that does not rhyme.

• Poetry with three-line stanzas with a 5/7/5 syllable count

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Whitman, in addition to free verse, used three other techniques frequently in his writing. Check three of them.

• Cataloging

• Poeticizing

• Repetition

• Parallelism

• Whitmanizing

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The speaker celebrates the differences of Americans in “I Hear America Singing” by describing:

• types of workers

• cultural traditions

• positions in society

• work tools

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In "I Hear America Singing' lines 2-8, Whitman lists several jobs. What poetic device is he using?

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Describe the tone of “I Hear America Singing.”

• Nervous

• Celebratory

• Perplexed

• Dismissing

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Which of the following statements is true about the songs America is singing in "I Hear America 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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You can infer that Whitman chose to write about these Americans because-

• these were the people he had only read about 
• he wanted them to have better working conditions
• he wanted to make up for his life of privilege
• he thought they were the true American heros

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When used to refer to a poetic technique, the word catalog refers to - 

• two related lines of poetry that rhyme
• a list of related people, places or events
• a comparison between two unlike things
• a reference to another work of literature

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You would most likely find Whitman

• In an office building

• On a river boat cruise

• Outside in nature

• Shopping at the mall

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