Academic Vocabulary
What does the word "signficant" mean?
What is something that is....
- impactful
- noteworthy
- important?
What does "ampler" mean?
What is "more abundant"?
Who is the author of "Song of Myself"?
What does it mean to be "enamor'd" with someone or something?
What is it to be obsessed or fascinated with someone or something?
What is Walt Whitman's message in this passage?
"These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me"(152).
Whitman is saying that what he is expressing is not his own original or individual thoughts. People and men, who came before him have also had these thoughts.
What does the word "incident" mean?
What is an event or occurrence?
What does "teeming" mean?
What is "full"?
Who is the speaker in "Song of Myself"?
Who is Walt Whitman?
What does it mean to "loaf" in a field?
What does it mean to loiter, or relax?
What does Whitman mean at the end of the poem, when he says:
"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,/ If you want me again look for me under your boot soles."
Whitman is sharing that he is going to become one with the grass, to find him, simply look at the grass.
What does the word "unique" mean?
What is being one of a kind?
What does "breadth" mean?
What is: "wide range; an expansive extent"?
Who is the reader in "Song of Myself"?
Who are we, as the reader? Whitman speaks to "you" and "us", aka, everyone.
What does "disposition" mean?
What are our attitudes and character?
After the male goose squawked, Whitman comments: "The pert may suppose it meaningless, but I listen close,/ Find it's purpose and place up there towards the wintry sky"(152). What do these lines suggest about Whitman as a person?
It suggests that Whitman pays attention to details that others may not notice.
What does the word "sequence" mean?
What is, being arranged into a particular order?
What does "prolific" mean?
What is "fruitful and abundant"?
Walt Whitman is a big _____ guy?
What is nature?
What does the word remembrancer mean?
Example from the text:
"Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord,
A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropped"
What is a reminder?
When Whitman asks the reader to put "Creeds and schools in abeyance" what is he asking us to do, in order to understand his messages about nature?
Whitman is asking us as the reader to suspend any established beliefs and formal education, for a temporary time, in order to hear his message.
What does the word "impact" mean.
What is having a strong effect on someone or something?
What does "multitudes" mean?
What is a topic that Walt Whitman continuously brings up in the poem "Song of Myself"?
What is grass?
What are "Creeds", as described in "Song of Myself"?
What are religious beliefs?
Whitman says that he is "Not asking for the sky to come down to my good will," but instead he is: "Scattering it freely forever", what does this mean?
This quote suggests that Whitman does not want to control nature, but to observe it, and continue to let it be as it is.