please help me with this?

please help me with this?

Posted by:  Missy
Post date:  March, 2011

1. In "I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain," the speaker is experiencing _______________. joyful expectation a mental loss awe at nature anger with God 2. Which best describes both Whitman's and Dickinson's view of nature? Nature offers inspiration and meaning. Nature is intentionally heartless. Nature should take the place of God. Nature divides people from each other. 3. Choose the line from Leaves of Grass that best demonstrates Whitman's views on diversity. "Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord" "I celebrate myself, and sing myself" "O I perceive after all so many uttering tongues" "All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses" 4. At the end of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," what does the speaker realize? Eternity does not exist. All of life leads toward death. Graveyards are dismal places. Death is always cruel. 5. The speaker in "I Started EarlyTook My Dog" says, "And made as He would eat me up" For what reason does the speaker use personification to describe the ocean waves? to paint a picture of an aggressive being to make readers sympathetic to the ocean to compare the ocean to the speaker to show how friendly the ocean is 6. What is the speaker's attitude in "Apparently with No Surprise"? wonder disapproval surprise indifference 7. In Whitman's poem 52 from Leaves of Grass, the speaker states: "The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering. I too am not a bit tamed...." Why does the speaker compare himself to a hawk? to reveal his preference for animals over humans to propose activities to save wild animals to show that he can make untamed noises, as well to show his respect for the beauty of the animal 8. Whose perspective does Walt Whitman want readers to hear in his poetry? an objective point of view a much younger Walt Whitman the voice of all Americans the view of a non-American 9. Who or what is the primary hero in Leaves of Grass? the speaker God nature democracy 10. Whitman makes Leaves of Grass personal by having the speaker _______________. use first-person pronouns provide lists and catalogs employ religious terminology include passive verbs 11. Read this quotation from poem 51 of Whitman's Leaves of Grass: "Do I contradict myself?" The speaker asks this question because he _______________. believes contradiction is a major flaw is unsure of himself wants the reader to think about the question knows the reader does not agree with him 12. Poem 6 from Leaves of Grass says: "The smallest sprout shows there is really no death, / And if ever there was it led forward life." Based on this quotation, what are Whitman's views on life and death? Plant life is more important than human death. Grass will remain after all humans are dead. Life and death are a circular, natural process. Humans should feel no emotions about death. 13. Emily Dickinson´s attitude toward death is one of _______________. acceptance sentimentality anger lack of realism 14. For what reason does Walt Whitman include "Southerner as soon as Northerner" as part of the speaker's identity in Leaves of Grass? The country was adopting a new Constitution. Tensions over slavery were high between the North and the South. Whitman has a personal preference for the South over the North. His editors demanded that he talk about geography. 15. In Whitman´s view, what was the final outcome for a human being? Individuals live on through civilization. The human body and soul merge with nature to become immortal. The human soul reaches a higher plane than nature. Ideas such as eternity and immortality are unrealistic.