Whitman’s Life
What is Whitman’s first name?
Walt
In which state did Whitman start his poetry career?
New York
In line 5, “Like a phantom far or near an occasional figure moving” is an example of which element of poetry?
Simile
In line 4, “It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself” is an example of which type of poetry?
Repetition
What is the name of the candle in beauty and the beast?
Lumiére
True or false, Whitman had a formal education growing up?
False
How many poems were in Whitman’s collection, Leaves of Grass.
(You can be off by a max of 10)
383
In lines 6-7, “The shrubs and trees, (as I lift my eyes they seem to be stealthily watching me,)” is an example of which element of poetry?
Personification
In line 7, “Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,” is an example of which element of poetry?
Imagery
What does the little mermaid call a fork?
A dinglehopper
What was Whitman originally training to be?
A painter.
What are the names of the two poems we read?
By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame and A Noiseless Patient Spider.
What is the theme of the poem?
Life and Death
In line 5, “And you O my soul where you stand,” is an example of which element of poetry?
Personification
How many is included in a bakers dozen?
13
Where did Whitman grow up?
(Must give at least the name of the city)
Brooklyn, New York
Why did critics attach his poem, Leaves of Grass?
He abandoned traditional poetic devices and forms.
What is the setting of this poem?
(Hint: It is a War)
Civil War
What is the theme of the poem?
Isolation and Struggle
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
What was the name of one of the first newspaper company he worked for?
The Brooklyn Eagle
What was Whitman’s first work of poetry called?
Leaves of Grass
Spell...
Bivouac
What does the narrator compare the spider to?
His soul
What percent of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows?
(Hint: It is less than 25%)
7%