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WorksheetsWalt Whitman Poetry
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
Whitman’s famous book of poetry that he revised many times over his lifetime is called
(a)
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
Poetry that normally tells a story about a hero or an adventure
Whitman, in addition to free verse, used three other techniques frequently in his writing. Check three of them.
Cataloging
Poeticizing
Repetition
Parallelism
Whitmanizing
The speaker celebrates the differences of Americans in “I Hear America Singing” by describing:
types of workers
cultural traditions
positions in society
work tools
In "I Hear America Singing' lines 2-8, Whitman lists several jobs. What poetic device is he using?
(a)
Describe the tone of “I Hear America Singing.”
Despondent
Celebratory
Perplexed
Dismissing
Nervous
In “A Noiseless Patient Spider,” the speaker is similar to the spider because he or she:
stands on the promontory
wants to spin a web
is looking for a connection
is launching a filament
Whitman uses a metaphor in “A Noiseless Patient Spider” to compare what two things?
Comparing a spider to a soul
Comparing a spider's web to a net
Comparing a spider's patience to a child's
Comparing a spider's life to a human's
Describe the tone of “A Noiseless Patient Spider.”
The tone is downtrodden and hopeless
The tone is cheerful and optomistic
The tone is wistful and melancholy
The tone is thoughtful and introspective
One message of “Beat! Beat! Drums!” is the:
importance of equality
opportunity for heroic deeds
value of finding truth
need for sacrifice in wartime
Describe the tone of “Beat! Beat! Drums!”
The tone is patriotic and hesitant
The tone is forceful and loud
The tone is concerned and anxious
The tone is strong and critical
What poetic device is Whitman using in the following line: “Would the talkers be talking? Would the singer attempt to sing? Would the lawyer…?”
(a)
One common element in all three of the above poems is the poet’s attention to the details of:
democracy
everyday life
civil war
young people
