Walt Whitman Webquest Worksheet
1. What types of professions would be celebrated in a modern poetic tribute to Americans?
The professions that would be celebrated in a modern poetic tribute to Americans would be doctors, lawyers, teachers, policemen, firemen. All are professions that young childen strive to be growing up.
2. What words and phrases indicate Whitman’s empathy with heroic people?
The words and phrases that would indicate Witman's empathy with heroic people would be strong, brave, and fearless
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?
I would choose and American solider because they have the courage to defend the country.
4. What do you believe is Whitman’s concept of heroism?
A person who works hard, and strives to be the nest at what he or she does no matter what that might be.
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?
It creates a connection between himself to the people.
6. How would Whitman celebrate the cultural diversity found in America today?
He would be happy for it because he felt everyone should be equal, and that is how it is today.
7. What landscapes do you feel Whitman would praise today?
H would praise all landscapes with a lot of nature such as Madison Square park.
8. What sound devices would be reminiscent of Whitman’s style to describe these landscapes?
Sounds of birds and other animals in those landscapes
9. Do you think Whitman would sing the praises of technology? Explain.
He would praise well because it shows that things have progressed.
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