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 Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:46 pm
by Walt Whitman
When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:58 pm
1. What is it about?
Life in college!
2. Who is “speaking”?
A college student
3. What poetic and sound devices are used?
Repetition, alliteration
4. Is there a major symbol? Explain
Not really, it just talks about how he learns more outside the classroom than in it.
5. Is there an important metaphor? Explain.
It's not really metaphorical.
6. Identify a striking image or emotion
The student was obviously bored. xd
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