Poem Presentation!

Walt Whitman incorporated elements of _______ into his works.

• Realism

• Transcendentalism

• Naturalism

• Both realism and naturalism.

What nickname did Walt Whitman gain?

• Father of Free Verse.

• Walter the Wild Child.

• Whitman Walter.

• Wild Whitman.

There is a set meter or rhyme scheme of I hear America Singing.

• True.

• False.

The tone of the poem is.....

• Celebratory and Patrioic.

• Scary and evil.

• Sad.

• Angry.

Who does Whitman not refer to in the poem?

• Carpenter

• Woodcutter

• Boatman

• Doctor

What does "varied carols" refer to in the poem?

• Christmas carols.

• Different kinds of carols.

• Americans singing songs as they go to work.

• Singing carols by candles.

Each song represents the work the workers can do effectively.

• True.

• False.

The poem was written...?

• During the civil war.

• Before the civil war.

• After civil war.

• It had nothing to do with the civil war.

What does “I Hear America Singing” refer to?

• Each person has a role and a voice that belongs only to that person, but when added to the roles and voices of all other Americans, helps piece together the puzzle that is America.

• America is singing.

• The birthday of America.

Draw what you think he would look like if he were still alive today!