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Poetry Vocabulary

6th -  8th  , to the cuckoo, 5th -  6th  , the bangle sellers, poetry from the past, 1st -  2nd  .

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My Friend Walt Whitman

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How does the narrator feel about her friends?

She despises them

She misses them

She appreciates them

She can't see them

What is the meaning of "inclination"?

Being on friendly terms with someone

Natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way

Rebellious behavior

Being kind and friendly

What literary device is used in "...they were constant, and powerful, and amazing..."?

Alliteration

Parallel structure

What do Whitman's poems "deliver" to the narrator?

Inspiration to write poems

A love for the world

A passion for books

Metaphysical curiosity

Which word does NOT describe Whitman, according to the narrator?

What does "congenial" mean?

Having the qualities of a genius

What is the tone of Paragraph 6?

True or False: Whitman only saw the positives of the world

One of the options is NOT how the narrator and Whitman connect

Through nature

Through poetry

Through schoolwork

Through literature

True or False: All of the narrator's friends are real

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"Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." — Stephen King

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“I learned that the poem was made not just to exist, but to speak – to be company.”

my friend walt whitman the author organizes the essay by

Oliver, Mary. “My Friend Walt Whitman.”  Upstream: Selected Essays.  Penguin Press, 2016, p. 12.

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