Walt Whitman Poetic Devices

Poetic Devices Walt Whitman Parallel Structure In I key America Singing lines 2-8 are the best examples of Parallel Structure. Those of mechanics, each peerless 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-cutters song, the plowboys on his way in the morning, or at noon cessation or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Free poetry Free verse is a verse form that is written without any sheath of rhyme in it and A Noiseless diligent Spider is a perfect example.It doesnt rhyme, but to make the poem make common sense he uses repetition, metaphor, alliteration and personification. Apostrophe An example of apostrophe in A Noiseless Patient Spider was when the narrator addresses his soul. Mood in the beginning mood of the poem When I Heard the Learned Astronomer was kind of tired and sick. just in the second part of the poem his mood changes it to kind of romantic. compose Catalog is like to make a list, and Whitman makes a list of thespian like carpenter, mason, wood maker, etc. in the poem I run across America Singing