Analysis Of Walt Whitman 's I Hear America Poem

2-3 Specific elements of figurative language the author uses to convey this theme are: Alliteration, Metaphor.

The poem “Let America Be America Again” (658) is written by a famous writer by the name of Langston Hughes who is knowledgeable in American literature. Hughes writes this specific piece about the suffrages of what African Americans have encountered and uses a combination of ethos, pathos, and logos to express his thoughts. In the book Arguing About Literature: A Brief Guide by John Schilb and John Clifford gives a brief credibility description of Hughes to let readers knows he knows what he is talking about. He also uses history and emotion, both powerful strategies, to create a connection through his writing. Although he views majority of victims of poverty as African Americans, Hughes mentions others for those outside of the African American race can relate to this poem. In history and today’s society, people of all discrimination suffer powerlessness with lack of opportunity, equality, freedom, and fairness for immigration.

America has produced many opportunities for the immigrants, who built the nation from the ground up. Those Immigrants are what make the American Identity unique with being recognized by the world. The nation went through the trial of fire beginning with the American Revolution, then the Civil War, and now Global Peace. Furthermore, each event has a common trait, which is the people, who came here to achieve their dreams. America has been the bastion of democracy and opportunities for many centuries. The similarities and differences between “I Hear America Singing,” “To Walt Whitman,” and “I, Too, Sing America” are viewpoints on America, motivates, experiences, and viewpoints.

As the semester comes to a close, it is always interesting to look back and reflect on the events and opportunities my English class has given me throughout my first semester as a whole. At the beginning of this semester it was evident that I was feeling uncomfortable due to the adjustment that I was going through as a student moving to college. It was very difficult expressing myself through my writing since I was nervous about good impressions and my good grade. While this class was one of the most difficult courses that I have taken this far, it has become quite evident to me that I have grown a substantial amount as a writer and as a person; Especially, when it came to explaining my ideas, writing academic essays, and making arguments.

Over the course of this semester I learned a lot about myself as a writer. This English 101 class has really allowed me to expand my essay structure and ways of thinking. This was my first college writing course and it has given me much more freedom when writing because in high school I felt limited and like what we were writing was not very important. In high school I would write essays to just to fulfill the required word or page count and to a degree I still feel like this but maybe that is why I am an engineering major but in this course I actually was able to express my ideas and for the first time really test the limits of my writing capabilities. I really enjoyed being able to incorporate my voice more in my essays and I believe

People may dream of a perfect society where everyone is similar--a utopia. People might believe building a utopia is a grand idea because they won’t have to worry about being bullied or discriminated. There couldn’t be any flaws in building a utopia-- accept everything. Yeah, everyone would be similar, and people probably won’t be bullied or discriminated, but are the consequences of fixing those proroblems going to be worth it. Absolutely not, imagine if there was only one kind of culture/one kind of person, let's say everyone is German, that means when there is an opportunity to go out to eat there will be no Mexican, no Chinese, no Italian, etc. The same food will be eaten just like any other day. Plus, food wouldn’t be the only thing affected

Poets Walt Whitman and Richard Blanco both use heavy repetition in their works, “I Hear America Singing”, and “One Today”. When Whitman uses the word singing over and over again, the author conveys that every single person in America has his/her own unique song, which he/she sings loud and proud for a copious amount of reasons.

What are the general ideals of America? When one thinks of America, what values and morals come to his or her mind? Nowadays, most people would answer these questions by saying America represents freedom, equality, and hard work. These same people would recollect on the many wars the American people have fought and won and these people would suggest that America is, and always has been, the greatest country in the world. Though many people of today’s American society hold pride and honor in their great nation, if one were to look back into American history, he or she would clearly see that the United States has not always been such an immaculate and prestigious land. Walt Whitman, one of the most amazing poets of the twentieth century, wrote a poem entitled, I Hear America Sing, which demonstrates the hard working, white America of olden times. Another poet, Langston Hughes, wrote, I, Too, Sing America, which takes the stance of what it was like to be a negro of the same era. After reading and analysing both of these renowned poems, it is obvious that Hughes based his poem on that of Whitman’s for several different reasons.

The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,

Let America Be America Again, by Langston Hughes applies a colorful word picture of a depressed America in the 30’s. To the bountiful existing in America, the idealism showcased as the American Dream has liberated their possession. In this beautiful poetic statement, Langston Hughes grants to voice the unacknowledged Americans’ burden of how American was expected to be, had develop into them, and could pursue to be once again.

Task 1: The poem "I Hear America Singing" is a poem wrote by Walt Whitman. The theme of "I Hear America Singing" is talking about the joy of ones being productive and ones work. The poem's tone is joyful and positive but mostly proud. In the poem, Walt Whitman uses multiple forms of figure language the one that stood out to me was personification and metaphor.

Today I will be talking about the poem I Hear American Singing by Walt Whitman In "I Hear America Singing," the speaker telling you how various "carols" that arise from different figures in the American working people go about their work. Understands the mechanics, the carpenter, the mason, and the boatman singing. The deckhand, shoemaker, wood-cutter, and ploughboy sing their songs, as well, The speaker celebrates each single song, which gives the connection between the worker and his/her task. The mother and the wife sing, as does the girl doing her sewing and washing.

I breathed a sigh of relief as I read a stream of texts from my friends complaining about our AP Language and Composition class summer homework. It was the night before the first day of junior year, and they anxiously texted how they weren’t even close to being done or how they seemed to get severe writers block. I, on the other hand, had not only finished our analytical movie review assignment a week before, but had it proofread, printed, and ready to turn in during class the next day. I was confident and proud of my work and went to bed filled with the typical first day of school jitters.

As I look back through the school year and the work that I have done in American Literature this school year, I felt that some of my there have been both habits that have stuck with me and habits that I have progressively discarded. Some of the work and habits have remained very apparent when it comes to English classes and I am glad that throughout the year during the course we have spent time documenting our progress to better understand who we are as an English student.

I always considered presentations to be my strong suite. This was mainly due to the fact that most of the presentations I was a part of were group presentations. These presentations became a part of my life since I was 15 years old. They ranged from 1 minute individual presentations called J.A.M (just a minute) to 1 hour-long group case-competitions between various high schools. Once I got into to Sauder I expected to give a lot of presentations. I was pretty nervous in my first year, not because of what I had to do but whom I had to do it in front of. People from all around the world surrounded me and the culture shock started to get me. Evidently I didn’t do as well as I thought in my first semester. However, I started getting used to people and started getting back into my groove. I was much better at presentations after my first semester since I knew what was expected out of me. Since then I have always had a script ready as well as speaker’s notes when I presented. Coming into this class