3B+Moudud

The poem //When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer// by Walt Whitman includes many stylistic features. One instance where this occurred was when he said “mystical moist” (Whitman 273). This alliteration gave the poem a slight rhythm due the fact that the poem itself doesn’t have a rhythm. He used alliteration yet again, this time with the letter w in the words when, were, where, and wander’d. He uses repetition by repeating the word when at the beginning of the first 4 lines. His use of both alliteration and repetition are used to give the poem a certain ring to it. He rhymed when he said “rising and gliding” (Whitman 273), which allowed the reader of the poem to have a certain melody when reading it. His use of the word “learn’d” (Whitman 273) instead of learned signifies that he’s trying to put an ironic twist on the poem. Using this slang is ironic because he is able to spell other, tougher, words, but he makes sure that the word “learn’d” is misspelled because when you learn, you learn how to spell things properly, which helps proves to be ironic. The first part and the second part of the poem are quite different from each other. The first part is about how bored he is by the lecture being presented, but the second part has a more exciting attitude because it’s about how he’s happy that he escaped it to go watch the stars in the sky. This gives the reader a better understanding of how the poem should be read/portrayed. media type="custom" key="24533248"

You'll never be one of us.

If we let Your kind live freely, Anarchy would arise; You were living like animals Before we civilized you.

You wouldn't know What to do with freedom If it was handed to you On a sliver platter.

Dirt is dark for a reason. Murderous thoughts Are dark for a reason. It's called a black eye for a reason. Why do you think it's called a black sheep?

As long as you don't sully Our perfectly balanced society,

We can live in peace and harmony.