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Walt Whitman's I Hear America Singing

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Walt Whitman has shaped the face of American Poetry as his poetry has set many precedents for over-satisfactory poetry. Whitman exposes many American jobs, like boatman, mechanic, shoemaker etc. Through exploring these working classes, he describes their daily lives and what they do in their job. By using jobs, he ends every verse with the act of them singing. He invokes a thought of importance of music, in specific singing for all Americans. “I Hear America Singing” is a romantic poem because Whitman explores the field of arts and how they affect all Americans. Whitman writes, “The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,” as he uses the carpenter profession to be singing. Whitman is able to invoke sound of singing with
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