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The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1 Book Cover
The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1, 10/e
George Perkins, Eastern Michigan University
Barbara Perkins, University of Toledo-Toledo


Essay Questions



Analysis Essay Quiz



1

Identify Whitman's use of open form, or "free verse."
2

Identify poems from the reading selections that celebrate "American idealism."

Evaluation Essay Quiz



3

What might some nineteenth-century readers find objectionable in Whitman's poetry?
4

Explain why no other established form of poetry would be appropriate for Whitman's vision of the American experiment in democracy.

Interpretation Essay Quiz



5

Trace the stages through which the voice of Whitman evolves in "Song of Myself."
6

Identify poems from the reading selections that celebrate "American idealism."