4B+Quispe

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Walt Whitman's repetition and word choice explains his belief that the world is full of evils and everyone chooses to turn a blind eye. Whitman describes, "low life the mother misused by her children, dying neglected, gaunt, desperate, I see the wife misused by her husband. I see the treacherous seducer of young women" Throughout the poem Whitman begins eight lines with the word "I." He uses this repetition to put emphasize on the fact that he watches people commit sins and he doesn't do anything to help. Whitman then realizes its not only him who turns a blind eye, everyone watches and no one helps. "See, hear, am silent." Whitman doesn't add the "I" because hes not alone. In Whitmans perspective, everyone suffers, and everyone also ignores their neighbors pain. Whitman's use of descriptive words like, "low life", "jealousy", "dying," and "tyranny" describes the way people feel, people love, and the way people make an impact on the world; with hate, abuse of power, and degration. Whitman believes the world is a full circle of sinners and bystanders.These negative words effectively describe the way he sees the human race.

Response to //I Hear America Singing//: I Hear America Crying I hear the children of America, the desperate cries I hear, The mother’s cries as they feel the rejection, from their own blood. The father’s cries as they try to right, their wrongs The lover’s cries as they try to rebuild the love, they once understood. The children’s cries as they feel cruelty in the world, for the first time. The passenger’s cries as they call, knowing they’ll never make it home. The teacher’s cries as they protect their students innocent children. The desperate cries of people afraid of people. The desperate cries of people hurting people. Crying with pain, misery, fear, in the hands of a ruthless world.