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1 Warm-up 1.What is America to you? 2. How do the squares on this quilt represent individuals in America?

2 Walt Whitman Free Verse Poetry

3 Objectives I can recognize a poem written in free verse. I can analyze the diction and structure of a free verse poem to interpret the tone. I can evaluate a Walt Whitman poem for his Romantic view of antebellum America.

4 Free Verse Free verse poetry is poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhyme and meter. YET Whitman does still use POETIC DEVICES.

5 Poetic Devices: Cataloging Cataloging: frequent lists of people, things, and attributes Example: –“The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands…”

6 Poetic Device: Repetition Repetition: repeated words or phrases at the beginning of two or more lines Example: –“Beat! Beat! Drums! --- Blow! Bugles! Blow!”

7 Poetic Devices: Parallelism Parallelism: related ides phrased in a similar way Example: –“born here of parents born here of parents the same, and their parents the same”

8 Tone REVIEW: A writer’s attitude toward his or her subject. –Example: “I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good as belongs to you”  TRIUMPHANT “I too am not a bit tamed, I am untranslatable”  IMPERTINENT; BOLD

9 Theme Through these poetic devices and free verse structure he expresses his thematic ideas: –For example: Individuals should not be overlooked; instead, everyone’s contribution to America’s success must be celebrated.

10 Assignment Read “I Hear America Singing” & “Song of Myself” as a class Read “Beat! Beat! Drums!” in groups Complete worksheet in groups BE READY for a quiz over today’s material!

11 Walt Whitman’s America Walt Whitman believed that America’s beauty was aroused from individual citizens. How does the speaker in the “This I Believe” article complement Whitman’s ideology?


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