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Walt WhitmanI Sit and Look Out
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1860A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Literary Device Questions
1. In the last line, the speaker states that he is “silent” (19), yet the act of stating his observations in the poem suggests otherwise. This contradiction is an example of what literary device? (short answer)
2. What sentence structure does Whitman repeat at the beginning of almost every sentence?
A) I + a verb
B) I + a noun
C) I + adjective + verb
D) I + adjective + noun
3. Which pattern appears in the speaker’s descriptions of the people and groups that he sees?
A) specific, general
B) general, specific
C) general, specific, general, specific
D) specific, general, specific, general
4. The phrase “deeds done” (4) is an example of which literary device?
A) consonance
B) assonance
C) alliteration
D) inversion
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