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A Study Guide for Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
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A Study Guide for Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" - Gale
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I Hear America Singing
Walt Whitman
1860
Introduction
First published in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, I Hear America Singing
exemplifies Whitman’s intense patriotism and his staunch belief in the importance of the common man and woman
in American society. In the opening line, I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear …
the speaker assumes a posture common in much of Whitman’s poetry by asserting his unique ability to see America in all its greatness, or in this particular case, to hear its varied carols.
What follows is a chronicle of various characters or figures from the working-class, each singing his or her own song. These lines may be read literally to suggest the speaker of the poem actually hears these various people singing, but references to song
or carols
in the poem also serve as metaphors for the various characters’
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