Vocabulary
A pause or a break in between.
What is an intermission?
What the poem is about and the poet's attitude toward the subject.
What is the "Main Theme"?
joyful, positive
What is the TONE of "I Hear America Singing"?
To suggest that people are happy and proud of their work.
Why does the author use the metaphor of singing?
Careless
What is reckless?
People in America gladly work hard in different jobs.
What is the Main Theme of "I Hear America Singing"?
critical, negative
What is the TONE of "They Will Say"?
To suggest that the children were made to work in factories in terrible conditions.
Why did the author use the phrase "you put them between walls, to work"?
healthy and strong
What is robust?
The carpenter sings as he measures his plank and beam.
What is a Key Detail in "I Hear America Singing?
The author opposes the idea of children working in cities, he says that cities take children away from the outdoors and makes them work in terrible conditions for little pay.
What is the author's opinion in "They Will Say"?
Including different types of things or qualities.
What is varied?
Not all workers were willing. Putting children to work was a shameful act.
What is the Main Theme of "They Will Say?
They express opposite feelings. The 1st is positive and the speaker isproud of American workers. The 2nd is upset and negative about children being forced to work.
How do the poets differ in Point of Views?
Scheduled payments given to workers.
What is wages?
to eat dust for a little handful of pay
What is a Key Detail in "They Will Say"?
Walt Whitman and Carl Sandburg
Who wrote "I Hear America Singing" and "They Will Say"?