My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air, Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same, I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, Hoping to cease not till death. —Walt Whitman Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Which statements accurately describe the structure of each poem? Check the three boxes that best apply. Whitman’s poem has regular rhyme. Longfellow’s poem has regular rhyme. Whitman’s poem has regular meter. Longfellow’s poem has regular meter. Whitman’s poem has mostly regular line lengths. Longfellow’s poem has mostly regular line lengths.
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