Walt Whitman Poetic Devices

poetic Devices Walt Whitman Parallel Structure In I Hear the States Singing lines 2-8 be the best modelings of Parallel Structure. Those of mechanics, each nonpareil cantabile his as it should be bright and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,The mason singing his as he wangles ready for work, or leaves off work, The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoe quarterr singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The wood-cutters song, the plowboys on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the progeny wife at work, or of the female child sewing or washing, Free meter Free verse is a poetry that is written without any type of poetry in it and A Noiseless patient of Spider is a perfect example.It doesnt rhyme, but to make the poem make sense he uses repetition, metaphor, alliteration and personific ation. Apostrophe An example of apostrophe in A Noiseless patient role Spider was when the narrator addresses his soul. Mood in the beginning mood of the poem When I Heard the Learned Astronomer was sweet of tired and sick. But in the blink of an eye part of the poem his mood changes it to cast of romantic. Catalog Catalog is like to make a list, and Whitman makes a list of player like carpenter, mason, wood maker, etc. in the poem I hear America Singing