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Walt WhitmanI Sit and Look Out
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1860A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Literary Device Answers
1. irony
2. A. Every sentence except for the last one begins with I + a verb, such as “I sit,” “I hear,” and “I see.”
3. C. The speaker makes a general statement about “all sorrows” and “all / oppression” to begin the poem (lines 1-2), then narrows his focus to specific individuals. This pattern repeats itself starting in line 9 when the speaker returns to a general assessment, then narrows his focus to specific groups of people.
4. C. Alliteration is the repetition of beginning sounds in consecutive words.
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