https://padlet.com/ebphi100/5me9nkezvn2l3aom Evan Phi and Charley Jones en-us 2023-02-14 18:11:41 UTC 2026-01-18 03:30:12 UTC hello@padlet.com ebphi100 https://padlet.com/ebphi100/5me9nkezvn2l3aom/wish/2482399756 Whitman uses imagery and personification. "The day what belongs to the day —at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.", this quote is personification because Whitman wrote that the day belongs to itself. It means that the work in the day only happens during the day, and never leaks into the night.  It helps support the poem's upbeat and cheerful tone and mood because he uses regular labor forces and abstract expressions to describe them.]]> 2023-02-14 18:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ebphi100/5me9nkezvn2l3aom/wish/2482399756 ebphi100 https://padlet.com/ebphi100/5me9nkezvn2l3aom/wish/2482399914 Whitman writes, "I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear...". In the poem, Whitman uses different sounds from workers from masonry, woodworking, shoemaking, sailing, and carpentry. He turns the hardworking and sweaty noises of the industry into a joyous and upbeat melody. This makes the singing of the workers a symbol, showing how hard work can turn into a lovely melodic tune. ]]> 2023-02-14 18:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ebphi100/5me9nkezvn2l3aom/wish/2482399914 ebphi100 https://padlet.com/ebphi100/5me9nkezvn2l3aom/wish/2482400910 The theme of "I Hear America Singing" is how much of workaholics Americans are. Our lives are led by going to school for twelve years and then working for the rest. We constantly push ourselves to work, work, and work, no matter what kind of condition we're in, "Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong", then it connects to multiple different workers doing different jobs, singing. ]]> 2023-02-14 18:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ebphi100/5me9nkezvn2l3aom/wish/2482400910 ebphi100 https://padlet.com/ebphi100/5me9nkezvn2l3aom/wish/2482401099 Images that Whitman uses, he wants you to imagine people working and singing, "The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam", "The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing". These are two examples that I can imagine in my head happening at once. He wants you to get an idea of them working really hard to make a living.]]> 2023-02-14 18:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ebphi100/5me9nkezvn2l3aom/wish/2482401099 ebphi100 https://padlet.com/ebphi100/5me9nkezvn2l3aom/wish/2482404214 2023-02-14 18:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ebphi100/5me9nkezvn2l3aom/wish/2482404214