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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. With whom does the narrator describe spending “that day round the chowder-kettle” in Section 10?
2. Section 17 ends with the line, “This is the common air that bathes” what?
3. Which word from Section 12 means “limber” or “flexible”?
4. The narrator claims in Section 5, “I know that the hand of God is the promise of” what?
5. Who does the narrator ask in Section 13, “What is it that you express in your eyes?”
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Whitman’s conclusion regarding “failure” in Section 18?
2. What is the poet’s implication with the following lines from Section 4: “There was never any more inception than there is now, Nor any more youth or age than there is now”?
3. How does the poet relate with the “wild gander” in Section 14?
4. What does Walt Whitman praise and celebrate in Section 23 of the poem?
5. What foreshadowing is exhibited in Section 1 of the poem? How is the universal “I” set up in this section?
6. After calling out to the Earth in Section 21, what does Whitman address in Section 22?
7. What imagery is the focus of Section 11 of the poem?
8. How does the poet relate the quality of “aroma” and of the air in Section 2?
9. What is the metaphorical meaning in the following lines from Section 7: “Has any one supposed it lucky to be born? / I hasten to inform him or her it is just as lucky to die, and I know it.”?
10. What new journey does the poet embark upon beginning in Section 8 of the poem?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define “religious allusion” in literature and give examples of religious allusion in the poem. Where does the poet’s wording borderline upon Christian or other religious texts? Why does Whitman choose to incorporate religious allusion in the poem?
Essay Topic 2
Define and discuss “metaphor” and “simile” in literature and poetry. Using an excerpt from “Song of Me,” show the different metaphors and similes in the poem. How does the poet use these comparisons as a way to explain? How do the metaphors and similes in the early parts of the poem help to establish the poem’s mood and tone?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the War of 1812 as illustrated through the imagery from Sections 35 and 36 of “Song of Myself.” What characters does the poet describe? What is the setting? How does the poet describe the aftermath of the battle? Do you believe this is a realistic depiction of warfare?
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