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Walt Whitman poetry “I hear America singing”

Walt Whitman poetry “I hear America singing”. By: Matt Lallier. Walt Whitman’s life. Born 1819 in Long Island, New York The second of 9 children Moved to Brooklyn in 1823 Attended public school until 11, left to go work as an office boy at a law firm

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Walt Whitman poetry “I hear America singing”

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  1. Walt Whitman poetry“I hear America singing” By: Matt Lallier

  2. Walt Whitman’s life • Born 1819 in Long Island, New York • The second of 9 children • Moved to Brooklyn in 1823 • Attended public school until 11, left to go work as an office boy at a law firm • His family moved back to Long Island in 1834 • He stayed; moved back with family in 1836 • Started to teach in schools • Started his own newspaper called the “Long Islander” • Periodically had short stories and poems he wrote published in different newspapers • In 1850-1855 he focused mostly on his writing

  3. “I Hear America singing” • I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,Those of mechanics, each one singing his as itshould be blithe and strong,The carpenter singing his as he measures his plankor beam,The mason singing his as he makes ready for work,or leaves off work,The boatman singing what belongs to him in hisboat, the deckhand singing on the steamboatdeck,

  4. “I hear America singing” • The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, thehatter singing as he stands,The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on hisway in the morning, or at noon intermissionor at sundown,The delicious singing of the mother, or of theyoung wife at work, or of the girl sewing orwashing,Each singing what belongs to him or her and tonone else,The day what belongs to the day—at night theparty of young fellows, robust, friendly,Singing with open mouths their strong melodioussongs.

  5. Influences • The war • America’s individualism and the people in America • Believed everybody has their part

  6. What Makes his writing unique? • His poems don’t rhyme as much as other poems • "The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work," • He connects a lot of his poetry to the war

  7. Poetic Devices • Personification: “I hear America singing…” • Imagery: “The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam…” • Metaphor: “I hear America singing…” • Theme of poem: Everybody is different and they all help in building America in a certain way.

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