https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x Made by Michael Yee and Peyton Tran en-us 2022-02-16 21:21:57 UTC 2025-09-29 11:17:00 UTC hello@padlet.com pptran105 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2051898115 The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering.

I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.

The last scud of day holds back for me,
It flings my likeness after the rest and true as any on the shadow’d wilds, It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk.

I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun,
I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.

I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.

You will hardly know who I am or what I mean,
But I shall be good health to you nevertheless,
And filter and fibre your blood.

Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged,
Missing me one place search another,
I stop somewhere waiting for you.]]> 2022-02-16 21:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2051898115 pptran105 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2051899192 2022-02-16 21:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2051899192 pptran105 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2051899513 2022-02-16 21:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2051899513 mjyee100 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2051899716 In the poem "The spotted hawk swoops by" there's one identifiable symbol which is the hawk. The hawk is a symbol of the critics and haters that criticized Whitman's style of writing. In the poem, the line "the spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering" is a reference to people complaining about his craft.  Throughout his life his different style of writing which was free-verse, a style of poetry that has no specific rhyme scheme or meter, which was unheard of at the time. The only style of writing acceptable at his time was strict verse which is poetry with a specific and even rhyme scheme and structure.]]> 2022-02-16 21:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2051899716 pptran105 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2051899809 Throughout the poem, Whitman showcases many different images such as him sounding his "barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." There is also the image of him giving himself to nature in the lines, "I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles." These images share the common pattern of him not caring about others. Whitman's images all showcase the self-centered man. The lines talk about him and his actions and sometimes mentioning other people but only when they are related to Whitman in some way. The images also have a motif about nature. Most of the images show bequeathing himself to nature. He effuses his flesh to the eddies and shakes his white locks in the runaway sun. ]]> 2022-02-16 21:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2051899809 mjyee100 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2054086300 The main central idea of the poem "The spotted hawk swoops by" is to live your life how you want to, and not let anyone else contradict the way you want to live. Throughout the poem Whitman expresses the idea that people criticize him, such as in the poem where Whitman writes, "the spotted hawk accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering" which is an example of people telling Whitman that his style of poetry isn't right. However, Whitman doesn't accept the criticism, and continues to write his poems and books which we now appreciate today. Another example of the theme in Whitman's poem is in the line,"]]> 2022-02-17 21:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2054086300 pptran105 https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2054112997 Whitman's very free writing style is very important to the overall influence and effect of the poem. If the poem followed the standard classical writing style while talking about being free from others and living life how one wants then the message the poem is trying to convey would not be as strong since the poet himself isn't following the doctrine of the poem. When Whitman writes, "I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable," he displays his free nature and with the usage of a very free flowing writing he adds a greater effect onto the meaning. Also, in the stanza which reads, "The last scud of day holds back for me, It flings my likeness after the rest and true as any on the shadow’d wilds, It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk," the writing is very loose and the lines don't transition easily and yet it makes an amazing stanza which demonstrates Whitman's style of writing. ]]> 2022-02-17 21:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mjyee100/n7ae2mnvdgf8yr5x/wish/2054112997