Question

The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work . . .
Who is speaking in the excerpt from “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman?

Answer 1

Answer: A narrator

In these lines, Whitman describes the sounds of America. He tells us how all workers and laborers, men and women, sing while they work. The poem is told by a narrator who is simply an observer, and is not participating in the action. This is why the poem is told from the third-person point of view.

Answer 2

A narrator.....Who elese