I.H.A.M Occupations
The person mentioned as measuring his plank or beam towards the beginning of the poem?
Who is the carpenter?
When death is given human qualities, it is an example of what literary device?
What is personification?
This poet wrote, "Because I could not stop for death".
Who is Emily Dickinson?
The carriage passes one of these while it's setting, representing life's end.
What is a sunset?
This character stops kindly for the narrator at the beginning of the poem.
Who is Death?
What is a worker that makes and repaired footwear?
What is a shoemaker?
What is a cobbler?
Comparing the grave to the likes of a house is an example of what literary element?
Hint: Does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
In the poem, "I hear America singing" the people are singing while they get ready to do this thing.
What is work?
This vehicle in the poem symbolizes the journey between life and death.
What is a carriage?
Who in the poem is described as kind and gentle rather than frightening?
Who is Death?
Who is the worker who is referenced midway through the poem? They are a person that keeps the streets and walkways tidy and/or clean.
What is a ploughboy?
The poem's gentle, calming feeling is an example of this literary element.
What is tone?
Whitman wrote his poem in a style that avoids rhyme and regular meter.
What is free verse?
The "House" the speaker passes near the end of the poem is actually this.
What is a grave?
This quiet companion rides along beside the reader and death?
Who is Immortality?
What do all of the workers together represent in American society?
What is the working class?
The poem is written in quatrains which is a stanza consisting of this many lines each.
What is four?
In the poem, "I hear America singing" Whitman highlights the men singing during the day and these other persons as singing during the night.
Who are women/wives/mothers?
The gentle pacing of the poem is created by Death having this personality trait.
What is kindness or civility?
The reader travels towards this being/destination.
Who is Eternity or The Afterlife?
This woman's singing is described as delicious in the later portion of the poem. What is her occupation?
What is a mother?
When the sun is setting, it represents both the end of the day and the end of life. The sun setting shows this literary element.
What is double meaning or symbolism?
Both poems emphasize individuality in different ways: Dickinson through the speaker’s personal journey with Death, and Whitman through each worker singing a unique song. This shared theme is ___.
What is individuality/personal identity?
Children, fields of grain, and the sunset represent these stages of life.
What are childhood, adulthood, and death?
This is the first thing out of the three that they passed.
Who are the children?