I Hear Singing

What figurative language is used to create rhythm in the poem?

• repetition

• simile

• parallelism

• foreshadowing

What is the theme of the poem?

• inequality in the workforce

• memento mori and carpe diem

• american superiority

• Americans and their pride in their labor

Which line from the poem shows the most individualistic part?

• "singing with open mouth their strong melodious songs"

• "each singing what belongs to him or her and to no one else"

• "I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear"

In the first line of "I Hear America Singing", what does the speaker actually hear America singing?

• a couple of different songs

• American songs

• varied carols

• labor songs

How does the speaker unite all Americans, while they are doing their own thing?

• through their beliefs

• through their singing

• in a meeting

• by forming a union

What repeated word serves to unify this poem?

• carols

• worker

• strong

• singing

The poetic voice hears all of the following, EXCEPT...

• mechanics and masons

• carpenters and boatmen

• shoemakers and mothers

• bankers and teachers

"Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong"

Based on the tone of the poem, which is the following is the likely tone (or connotation) of blithe?

• negative

• neutral

• positive

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