Poem Analysis: I Hear America Singing
Erika Cavazos
Mrs. McBurnette
English 3
30 January 2017
I Hear America Singing
Walt Whitman composed I Hear America Singing in 1860, in these free verse poem the poet is listening to the Americans “sing”, but they aren't actually singing they’re working and doing their jobs. In this poem he talks about who he sees and what they are doing; the mechanics, the carpenters, the masons, the boatman, the shoemakers,the hatter, the wood-cutters, the deckhand, the ploughboys, the women, and children. The theme of the poem is that the middle class people, the hard working people, are the backbone of America that they are helping change it in a way.
As we get into the poem the poet is strolling through the streets of America he can hear “...the varied
Mrs. McBurnette
English 3
30 January 2017
I Hear America Singing
Walt Whitman composed I Hear America Singing in 1860, in these free verse poem the poet is listening to the Americans “sing”, but they aren't actually singing they’re working and doing their jobs. In this poem he talks about who he sees and what they are doing; the mechanics, the carpenters, the masons, the boatman, the shoemakers,the hatter, the wood-cutters, the deckhand, the ploughboys, the women, and children. The theme of the poem is that the middle class people, the hard working people, are the backbone of America that they are helping change it in a way.
As we get into the poem the poet is strolling through the streets of America he can hear “...the varied