I'm reading the book now and so far it seems like it'd jealousy. because abigail is jealous of John's wife, Elizabeth and she's doing all she did just to take her place of being his wife. ( Get rid of her basically)
The word "singing" is used in the title to expose the pride an American takes in his work. It is one of the iconic poems written.
<u>Explanation</u>:
- Walt Whitman used "singing" in his poem titled "I hear America singing" because in this poem he portrays how different people of America is singing about the pride in their work.
- Usually, poets choose the title that should be relevant to the content in the poem. As every people in the poem such as carpenter, mason, boatman, shoemaker etc., is singing about the pride of their job, Whitman titled his poem as "I hear America singing" which also means the whole of America is singing with pride.
- Walt uses an established sense of optimism regarding workers and their work.
If you refer to the poem the Tyger by Blake, When using fire as an image of the tiger, Blake aims to evoke the tiger's potential creation and its fierceness"Tyger tyger, burning bright"/"What the hand, dare seize the fire?"/"what inmmortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry?, fire also paints a sobrenatural air on the tiger
A. Her clothes were the finest of any woman of her time.
"Finest" is a superlative that doesn't need "more" or "most" to go with it.
