Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson Test

What does the speaker want the drums and bugles to do in the second stanza?

The speaker in the poem wants the drums and bugles to drown out all the sounds of everyday life. He wants to drown it out so that the people can not continue on with their lives. The drums and bugles are "louder" "stronger" to catch their attention.

In the poem "Heart! We will forget him!" what 4 words does the speaker use to add to the tone of urgency?

haste, straight begin, tonight, !

Message of ""A Bird came down the Walk"

nature in harmony with nature but man can observe nature but cannot be apart of it in order to not mess up the harmony.

How many parts was Song of Myself written in?

52

Writing that appeals to any of the 5 senses.

Imagery

In "A Bird came down the Walk" what is the bird doing? What is the birds reaction when it became aware of the speaker?

In "A Bird came down the Walk" the bird in the beginning is doing it normal things. The bird is doing his nature. When the bird is aware of the speaker, the bird reacts by moving his eyes rapidly, turns his head, and his eyes looks like frightened beads. The speaker tries to approach the bird with crumbs but the bird flies away. The speaker instead of saying flying he says that the bird "rowed" "softer home". Showing how birds flight was softer than oars rowing in a "silver" calm ocean with no ripples.

The compilation of poems made by Walt Whitman called_____________

Leaves of Grass

Message of "Song of Myself 1"

People are all the same atoms with nature as well

Message of "Beat! Beat! Drum!"

People have to go to war, they need to answer to this call even though the realism of death is there

________________ is when rhyme sounds aren't exact.

Slant rhyme

Repetition of the same vowel sounds

Assonance

_________________ was born to a religious and well-to-do New England family. After years of staying inside her house, she died and all the poems she wrote were published, instead of burned.

Emily Dickinson

Message of "When I Heard the Learned Astronomer"

Hearing about something isn't the same as experiencing it.

The fireman

His breast bone is broken from being buried under building debris and is breathing in smoke. He hears yelling of the other firemen, the sounds of them trying to dig him out. They clear a way and take him out from under the debris. He lies outside with people surrounding him because he is dieing. He is painless, exhausted and not unhappy. Sees the people around him with white and beautiful faces, like angels. People are kneeing on the ground and the other firemen take off hat as sign of respect. He then dies.

A quantran of 8,6,8,6 called a______________

Hymn meter

Who is the "I" in "Because I could not stop for Death" Why is Death personified? How is he described?

In "Because I could not stop for Death" the "I" is the speaker, making the speaker dead. She uses "he" when he refers to death. She does this to personify death. To put death as a human, make death real, making death seem less frightening. The speaker describes death as kind and a gentlemen caller.

What types of jobs are mentioned in the poem? Why does he include the mother, wife, and girl in this group?

In "I Hear America Singing" the jobs that are mentioned are labor jobs. He also mentions the mother, wife and girl not because they were labor jobs but because he supported women's rights.

In "Song of Myself" part 1, who is the "I" in the poem? What does the speaker say about atoms?

In "Song of Myself" part 1, the "I" in the poem is the speaker who is actually Whitman himself. When he starts to talk about abouts atoms he shows the connection between the himself and the reader. Show how we have the same atoms, making this connection between him and the reader. He makes this point about nature as well. He says that we share the same atoms as nature, therefore we have another connection with nature. Making nature, whitman, and the reader one.

Message of "Heart! We will forget him!"

In order to forget the knowledge, the passion must go first.

Who do the drums and bugles call in the first stanza? What do the exclamation mark add to the tone?

In stanza 1, when the drums and bugles are calling, they are calling all the citizens. Calling all the everyday people with this disrupting sound that the people can not ignore. The exclamation marks add to the tone because the tone of the poem is urgency. They are urging for the everyday people to come and join the war. It emphasizes the urgency.

Identify and explain what literary device is used in the following"When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them"

In that line, the words "add" "divide" "measure" are an example of catalogue because the words list the way of calculating the chart and diagrams being shown to him.

Identify and explain what literary device is used in the following"The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands".

In that line, the words "singing" "sits" "singing" "stands" are an example of alliteration they all have the initial constant sound of "s" at the beginning of each word.

What are the drums and bugles drowning out in the last stanza? What does he say the drums and bugles do at the end?

In the last stanza, the drums and bugles are drowning out the sounds of crying and prayer, old men begging young men, children begging there fathers, mothers begging their sons not to go to this war. In the end the speaker says that the sounds of the drums and bugles will shake the dead in their graves, show the realism of this war. Showing how people will die.

What does the astronomer use as aids in his lecture? What is the audience's reaction to the astronomer's lecture? What is the speaker's reaction?

In the poem "When I Heard the Learned Astronomer", the astronomer uses a visual aid in his lecture, such as diagrams and charts. In the poem, the audience of the lecture reacts by applauding for the astronomer, but the speaker of the poem reacts by becoming tired and sick and leaves the lecture and goes outside.

Why are those in the poem singing? Why does he refer to them as America? What point is made when they are singing at night?

In the poem the people who are singing are those who take pride in their jobs. The speaker refers to them as Americans because they are the people who built America. They are happy with there jobs and their lives. The speaker also mentions that they are singing at night as well. This shows how they are as happy doing their labor as when they are at rest in the night.

What reason does the speaker give for his reaction to the lecture? What does the speaker do when he goes outside? What does the speaker gain that he doesn't gain from the astronomer's lecture?

In the poem, the speaker reacts to the lecture by going outside and leaving the lecture, but he has a reason for this. It wasn't that he thought the astronomer didn't speak well, it was that after listening to the astronomer he feels tired and sick. When the speaker goes outside he looks up at the sky, at the stars. By doing this the speaker is receiving the experience that the people inside applauding in the lecture will never receive.

What does warmth and light represent, and what must go first in "Heart! We will forget him!"

In the poem, the warmth represents passion, probably the love she had for a man she couldn't have. Light represents the knowledge that given to her. In order to forget the "warmth" and "light", Emily Dickinson says that the warmth, the passion must go first, then the light, or knowledge will then be forgotten. If she is able to forget the knowledge then she could forget the idea of probably a man she couldn't have.

Identify and explain what literary device is used in the following"Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation, Into the school where the scholar is studying"

In this line, "Into the______" is an example of parallelism because the lines contain the similar phrase "Into the_____" which the _____ is where the sounds of the drums and bugles are being heard from.

Explain the metaphor with the children, the setting sun, and the field of grass.

In this metaphor the children at recess is symbolizing morning. The setting sun is the day, and the field of grass is night. Morning usually represents youth, day represents maturity, and night death. Also with seasons, with the field, in spring is when the crops are planted, just like the children in their youth. In summer the crops grow, like in maturity. In fall/winter, the crops die just how people die.

_______________ is a four line stanza.

Quantran

Repeated words or phrases at the beginning of 2 or more lines.

Repetition.

The hounded slave

The hounded slave is running from slavery. He is being hunted and is running as if he was in a race. He leans against the fence. He is breathing hard, and is all sweaty. He has muscle pains from running for his life. The hunters are now shooting at him now. The dogs bite him and people are shooting at him. He is bleeding and falls down. The riders close around him. The mock and whip him over the head with whip-stock. He is a hero because he refuses slavery.

In "Song of Myself" who is being celebrated?

The people who are being celebrated are the heroes. Heroes with large hearts and that are courageous.

The skipper

The skipper sees a crowded steam ship caught in a storm, with no rudder. He is holding on tight to the steering wheel because of the storm.He says faithful to his mission for days and nights. He writes on the chalkboard "Be of good cheer we will not desert you". He wants to give them hope, and comfort them. He follows them for 3 days and stays with the wreck. He then saves the people. Women, infants, and men. He is a hero because he shows them he cares and saves them at the end

Message of "I Hear America Singing"

To work as if it is not work, to work if as you were at rest.

_____________was a journalist, born in Brooklyn in 1819.Published Leaves of Grass.

Walt Whitman

Message of "Song of Myself 33"

celebrating heroes

The last edition was the ninth edition of Leaves of Grass___________________

death bed

Message of "Because I could not stop for Death"

death is not to be feared