myPerspectives English Language Arts
myPerspectives English Language Arts
1st Edition
Savvas Learning Co
ISBN: 9780133338805
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Page 165: Analyze Craft and Structure

Exercise 1
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a) Line 1 of section 17 of “Song of Myself” expresses Whitman’s theme because it is saying that the opinions here are those of all men, which connects to the theme of connection in humanity.
b) “On the Beach at Night Alone” also expresses this theme because it discusses how we are all similar.
Exercise 2
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a) These lines resemble natural speech because of the commas and grammar used.
b) This suggests that the mind and attitude of the speaker is just their thoughts running around. The poem just thoughts.
Exercise 3
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freeverse occurs in every poem, that’s the poems’ structure.
Anaphora occurs in “On the beach at night alone” in lines 5-12.
Cataloguing occurs in “I hear american singing”
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