I Hear America Singing Flashcards
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About
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- vision of america as a good humanity.
- moving from city to country, land to sea.
- poem envisions america as a place wehre people do hinest work, celebrate work in song
- individuality and units are balances.
2
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summary
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- each sings about own life, nothing else
- during night, men sing tuneful songs
3
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work and american identy
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- idyllic
- personal freedom, unity
4
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singing
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- symbol
- spontaneous
5
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carols
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- religious, passion, energy
6
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enjambments
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- only one
- surpside, tipsy, unsteady.
- uncertainty
- suggestive, amigious.
7
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alliteration
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- articulate the rythm of the poem
8
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caesure
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- subtle music.
- soothing
- contrast, emnphasise distriction between day and night.
9
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anaphora
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- rythem, keep track of where new lines begin.
