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Walt Whitman Webquest Worksheet

1. What types of professions would be celebrated in a modern poetic tribute to Americans? Firemen, Doctors, Lawyers, and Teacher

2. What words and phrases indicate Whitman’s empathy with heroic people? “ Those of mechanics each singing his as it should blithe and strong”.

3. If you could choose a modern American hero to add to Whitman’s poem, “I Hear America Singing,” Who would you choose and why? A modern hero I would choose would be doctors because they same they save lives and cure invalids.

4. What do you believe is Whitman’s concept of heroism? Heroism is what American posses because they aid in every aspect of American life.

5. Throughout “Song of Myself,” Whitman uses the pronoun “I” in order to empathize with people. What effect does this use of the first person have on the reader? A reader can better understand Whitman’s view and he relays his feelings at that exact moment when writing his poem.

6. How would Whitman celebrate the cultural diversity found in America today? Whitman would write a poem about the different races living in unity in American today.

7. What landscapes do you feel Whitman would praise today? He would praise the natural landscapes as mountain ranges, rivers and creeks.

8. What sound devices would be reminiscent of Whitman’s style to describe these landscapes? Water running down a creek, trees blowing in the breeze, and the natural sounds of animals.

9. Do you think Whitman would sing the praises of technology? Explain.
No, because of his first poem about the work of people in America, involves manual labor and natural hard work, and technology combats the nation of natural labor.