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Important Questions for American Literature Paper V

Important Questions   American Literature 1.WALT WHITMAN AND ROBERT FROST 1. Answer the following questions.  (i) What is uniquely American about Whitman's poetry? (ii) What, in Whitman's view, is the function of poetry? (iii) Describe Whitman's conception of the soul and the body. (iv) What kinds of structures does Whitman use in his poetry? (v) What kind of vocabulary does Whitman use in his poetry? (vi) What kinds of landscapes do we see in Whitman's poetry? (vii) How does Whitman handle modernity and technological change? (viii) What is the them of 'There was a Child Went Forth'? (ix) What is the theme of 'I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing'? (x) What is the theme of 'One's-Self I Sing'? (xi) What is the theme of 'Poets to Come'? (xii) What is the them of 'O Captain! My Captain!'? (xiii) What is the theme of 'To a Stranger'? (xiv) What is the theme of 'Shut Not Your Doors'? (x...