Unit 2 Topic 2 Whitman

What can help you better understand and appreciate an author's work?

• Identifying the author's perspective on life

• Reading the author's biography

• Analyzing the author's financial success

• Studying the author's family history

What does the word "ampler" mean?

• A large number

• Enough or more than enough

• Full of or swarming with

• Producing much fruit or foliage

Which word describes a wide range or extent?

• Teeming

• Breadth

• Prolific

• Vast

What is one of the tactics Whitman uses in his poetry to suggest a higher unity behind the diversity of life?

• Using complex metaphors

• Pairing words joined by "and"

• Employing rhyme schemes

• Writing in free verse

In the context of Whitman's poetry, what does the phrase "the riddle and the untying of the riddle" suggest?

• Complexity and simplicity

• Mystery and resolution

• Chaos and order

• Ignorance and knowledge