Question

Read this excerpt from Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing” from Leaves of Grass. I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, 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, The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands. Whitman most likely uses this structure for his poem to

Answer 1

the speaker describes various carols that. He hears the mechanics, the carpenter, the mason, and the.The structure is simple it follows the simple list format that Whitman commonly employs in his poetry. One. all of the workers unite under one common American identity.

Answer 2

Walt Whitman most likely uses this structure for his poem to emphasize and transmit the message. The anaphora used in this poem helps to harmonizes the content and to highlight the importance and patriotical labor of the working class in America, carried with joyful spirit. The author let us see his vision of a hard working proletariat which makes America great.