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Poetry Vocabulary
6th - 8th , to the cuckoo, 5th - 6th , the bangle sellers, poetry from the past, 1st - 2nd .
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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A Fine Line
"Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." — Stephen King
“I learned that the poem was made not just to exist, but to speak – to be company.”
Oliver, Mary. “My Friend Walt Whitman.” Upstream: Selected Essays. Penguin Press, 2016, p. 12.
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