When I Heard The Learned Astronomer Figurative Language

What is each writer’s attitude toward science or scientific inquiry? The author of the

excerpt "The Telltale Wishbone" is Stephen Jay, his interest was to become a Paleontologist. Walt

Whitman, the author of the poem "When I Heard the learned Astronomer" tells a story about the

author listening to an Astronomer giving a lecture. As the Astronomer spoke, the author became

less interested while he listened. Both of these authors show figurative language. Walt

Whitman used syntax, diction, and repetition of the word "when. ’’While on the other hand,

Stephen Jay the author of the excerpt had also used figurative language. The terms are

Personification, imagery, and Diction.

In the passage “The Telltale Wishbone” uses literacy

Also,

personification is used,”I loved the rattling of the cans and the whir of the compressor.” In this

sentence the author gives the garbage a human characteristic. All the literacy devices is used to

communicate his realization with science.

Furthermore, the poem "When I Heard the Learned Astronomer", differs in the application

of Walt Whitman literary devices such as syntax, repetition, and alliteration. For example, in the

lines 1-4 the author begins with when, the author is expressing his ideas and emotions in an

indirect matter. This helps the reader understand that the lines are significant. Also, that the

author became uninterested and disappointed in listening to the astronomer, which leads to the

next literary device, syntax. Syntax is when the author uses an arrangement of words/phrases to

create well formed sentences. This is evident to line 5,"How soon unaccountable I

became tired and sick," the author emphasizes his disinterest by phrasing that he became

unaccountable. The literacy device alliteration is also used when he states, " In the mystical moist

night-air, and from time to time" in line 5. It describes the night air while using two "m"