Whitman Flashcards

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1
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When was Whitman born

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may 31 1819

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where was he born

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near Huntington, Long island, new york

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3
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what was another one of whit mans job

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editor of the Brooklyn eagle

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why was whitman fired of his editor’s job

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his politics conflict with those of the publisher

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5
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what does whitman appose

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the expansion of slavery

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what book did whitman write

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Franklin Evans

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7
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what helped him write leaves of grass

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italian opera

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8
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what influenced whitman

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italian opera
Shakespeare
bible

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9
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who helped whitman find himself

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emerson

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10
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what is song of myself about

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celebrating who he is

this was his son speaking to us, what you are about to get

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what did he feel about people

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whatever you think, i think; were all the same

were all made out of all the same things, atoms

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12
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what is american song about

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songs of the work force

All jobs sing a song and even though they’re different they all come together and form America

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13
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what happens during the day in american singing

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work gets done

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what happens at night in american singing

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night is when all the workers, even of different jobs, come together and get away from everything

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15
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what is being compared to the spiders web

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the speakers soul

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16
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how are the web and should being compared

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spider is searching for something to latch onto to make a web; the soul is looking for something to latch onto something like the spider to see who he or shed really is

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what is our should seeking

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to find something; constantly building like the spiders web

18
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what isn’t the same

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no web is the same; no should in the same

19
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what happens in by the bivouac’s fitful flame

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soldier is on guard; is looking around

observing the camp; is thinking of his home; has the thought that he might not se those people again; might die

20
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what is when i learnd astronomer

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someone is sitting in a room listening of space when all he wants to do is go outside and see it all for himself

21
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what does the speaker want to see in astronomer

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the true beauty of nature and the sky for himself