Question

This dust was once the man,
Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
Was saved the Union of these States

Walt Whitman

What is the word just most likely an allusion to?

Lincoln's career as a lawyer

Lincoln's death at war's end

Whitman's war reporting

Whitman's poem writing

Answer 1

@just_one_last_goodbye @Jumperman

Answer 2

B, and disturbed my hibernation again.

Answer 3

xDD I'm sorry! You are really good and ughh

Answer 4

This dust was once the man,
Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
Was saved the Union of these States

Walt Whitman

What is the "foulest crime in history"?

Creation of United States

Election of Pres. Lincoln

Civil War or slavery

Death or warfare

Answer 5

This oneee?

Answer 6

D.

Answer 7

Thanksssssssss

Answer 8

Who is "the man" the dust now represents?

The narrator

A criminal

Whitman

Lincoln

Answer 9

its with the same poem

Answer 10

Lincoln... derp.

Answer 11

its not like i'm reading them xD

Answer 12

What can you interpret from the title and first line of the poem?

Whitman wrote it to be his own death announcement.

Whitman wrote it years after the death of Lincoln.

Whitman believes no one remembers his work.

Whitman believes no one remembers Lincoln.

Answer 13

this one?

Answer 14

A, maybe.

Answer 15

What literary device does this poem include at the end of each line?

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Onomatopoeia

Answer 16

it's with the same poem!

Answer 17

Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Answer 18

I'm here hold on.

Answer 19

okay :)

Answer 20

Assonance, I think.

Answer 21

Okay! Thanks so much!! Almost done!

Answer 22

Which of the following defines consonance?

Repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry

Repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry

Words that represent the sounds they make in poetry

Words that represent pictures in the mind found in poetry

Answer 23

B.

Answer 24

OKie dokie! \


this:

Which of the following is a synonym for context, as it relates to poetry?

Story

Music

Origin

Author

Answer 25

B, I think.

Answer 26

okay!! What is assonance?

Repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry

Repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry

Words that represent the sounds they make in poetry

Words that represent pictures in the mind found in poetry

Answer 27

only two left

Answer 28

A.

Answer 29

Which of the following defines onomatopoeia?

Repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry

Repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry

Words that represent the sounds they make in poetry

Words that represent pictures in the mind found in poetry

Answer 30

one left:)

Answer 31

C.

Answer 32

Which of the following is an analogy?

Her hair was light as corn silk.

The noise reminds me of ravens.

All admirable apples are yummy.

Apple is to tree as grape is to vine.

Answer 33

A

Answer 34

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Answer 35

No problem.

Answer 36

did you get a good grade ob this

Answer 37

i followed all and got a 50 -____-