Walt Whitman

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How would you like to be remembered?

Slide 1 - Woordweb

Walt Whitman
Action and Reaction

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

About the author
1819-1892

- Most celebrated American Poet

- Leaves of Grass

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

I Hear America Singing
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Which literary period does this poem remind you of?

Slide 5 - Woordweb

I Hear America Singing
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Controversial
- egocentric

- Nationalist

- Idealist --> American Dream

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

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Slide 8 - Video

00:14
What is being discussed here?

Slide 9 - Open vraag

00:25
What change is suggested by the second stanza?

Slide 10 - Open vraag

In what ways is this poem a reaction to Whitman's poem?

Slide 11 - Woordweb

When do you think was this poem written? Why do you think so?

Slide 12 - Open vraag

A Supermarket in California
What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-conscious looking at the full moon.
In my hungry fatigue, and shopping for images, I went into the neon fruit supermarket, dreaming of your enumerations!
What peaches and what penumbras! Whole families shopping at night! Aisles full of husbands! Wives in the avocados, babies in the tomatoes!—and you, Garcia Lorca, what were you doing down by the watermelons?

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Slide 14 - Video

Analyze what Ginsberg was trying to say in this poem, using what you know of Whitman and the Beat Generation.

Provide textual evidence.

Slide 15 - Tekstslide