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1. What types of professions would be celebrated in a modern poetic tribute to Americans?
The professions that would be celebrated in modern poetry are: doctors, teachers, and law enforcers.
2. What words and phrases indicate Whitman’s empathy with heroic people?
Whitman shows empathy with heroic people in "I Hear America Singing" as 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?
An modern American hero that could be added is the civil rights leaders because they helped shaped the way America is for today.
4. What do you believe is Whitman’s concept of heroism?
Whitman's concept of heroism is a person that follows their dreams.
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 makes the reader feel as though they are connecting with him.
6. How would Whitman celebrate the cultural diversity found in America today?
He would celebrate it by writing poems about how people of different ethics can come together as one and work through problems that is during that would have been impossible to overcome.
7. What landscapes do you feel Whitman would praise today?
The landscapes that Whitman would praise are airports, and the Eiffel Towers.
8. What sound devices would be reminiscent of Whitman’s style to describe these landscapes?
The sound devices that would be assonance, alliteration, and consonance.
9. Do you think Whitman would sing the praises of technology?
I think Whitman would sing the praises of technology because there are new technology everyday being made to make life eaiser.