1. Selected Poems
Walt Whitman

2. About the Author He dropped out of school at age 11
His most famous book is Leaves of Grass which he has rewritten and revised 9 times starting with 12 poems ending with nearly 400 poems
He found inspiration in Emerson; like Emerson, he wrote in celebration of nature.
He was free willing, independent and optimistic – traits that appear in his poetry

3. Words to Know
Free verse – poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhyme and meter
Cataloging – frequent list of people, things, and attributes
Repetition – repeated words or phrases at the beginning of two or more lines
Parallelism – related ideas phrased in similar ways
Tone – is an expression of a writers attitude towards his or her subject

4. Summary: I hear America Singing
The speaker catalogs the kinds of singing that he hears in the daily like and work of average Americans

5. Summary: Song of Myself
The speaker rejoices in nature and in his own energetic, expansive spirit

6. Summary: A Noiseless Patient Spider
The speaker compares his soul’s progress to a spider’s web-building process.

7. Summary: Beat! Beat! Drums!
The speaker addressed the drums and bugles of war, urging them to call people to action.

8. Group Work 3rd period Poem Evaluation
Group 1:D’Juan, Chris B, Bryan, Samantha, Jazmine
Group 2: Sven, Norman, Melissa, Kaleb
Group 3: Cameron, Dierra, Julian, Angel
Group 4:Mollis, Rasheeda, Malik, Chris R, D’Marcus

9. Group Work 4th Period Poem Evaluation
Group 1: Tariq, Marco, Khory, Daterio
Group 2: Paris, Colin, Pot
Group 3: Elijah, Travis, Demeya
Group 4: Janice, Ariadna, Gerardo
Group 5: Marion, Denise, Isaac, Tiffany
Group 6: Niaza, Ethan, Topacio, Jhatanah
Group 7: Alexis, Nigel, Will, Da-Quan
Group 8: Diamond, Kiara, Kendra, Kaila