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WALT WHITMAN

“I Hear America singing”

Brian Page

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/walt-whitman

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EARLY LIFE

Walt Whitman was born in 1819.As a kid when he was growing up he wrote his own news paperHe attended public school for a little while.

Then after he wrote America singing before the civil war started because there would be conflict.

When he was 17 he became a teacher in Rhode Island

In March 26, 1892 Whitman passed away in Camden

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THE POEM

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,

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

The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,

The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,

The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand

singing on the steamboat deck,

The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,

The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or

at noon intermission or at sundown,

The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of

the girl sewing or washing,

Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,

The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows,

robust, friendly,

Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs

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POETIC DEVICE 1

“Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it

should be blithe and strong”.

This sentence foreshadowing because when the

poem was wrote, it was before the civil war and after

it the industrial era began showing that America was

a strong nation.

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POETIC DEVICES 2

The delicious singing of the mother, or of the

young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,

This sentence shows that the whole country is into

patriotism because the kids are even hard at work.

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POETIC DEVICE 3

The day what belongs to the day—at night the

party of young fellows, robust, friendly,

This shows that Everybody works in the day and

party at night as a reward from working and building

things all day.

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THEME

The theme is that every day ever American is a

hard worker no matter what the situation is.

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WORKCITED

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"I Hear America Singing." Poetry for Students. Ed. Marie Rose Napierkowski

and Mary Ruby. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 1998. 151-165. Gale Virtual Reference

Library. Web. 29 May 2014