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by Margaret Atwood, during a nightmare, Atwood (as a bat) experiences the temper of a man and describes the treatment of bats overall. And some could argue that the third text ¨When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer” by Walt Whitman, demonstrates a positive behavior towards nature because of how Whitman embraces or learns from it, but it doesn't negate the negative behavior that is apparent in the texts presented. The first text, Hope for Animals and their World by Jane Goodall, Goodall demonstrates

period, such as Whitman, Dickinson, Hawthorne and Poe, as unique individuals. These viewpoints are markedly echoed in the poem “When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer” by Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman communicates

Through the poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” Whitman demonstrates the importance of returning to nature as a source of inspiration and wisdom by juxtaposing the restrictive scientific teachings against liberating personal imagination through nature. This difference is most apparent in the first few lines of the poem. Whitman begins his poem by describing a scene in which he is sitting in a classroom being taught by an astronomer, “When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide

Walt Whitman was young when he went to work. His education would have been minimal and his poems would be written of what he knows and feels. The poem, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" is distinctly American in that it describes the author's boredom with the classroom and finds it cumbersome and too detailed to enjoy the astronomer's teaching which in turn make him "sick and tired". In America, people can choose to do what they want to do. The author found the topic boring until he was able

its utilization of sensual, emotive text and progressive thematic elements. His writing reflects a deep respect and awe of the natural world, and touts the virtues of individualism. It can be read as a reaction to the Enlightenment. “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”, as much as any of Whitman’s repertoire, criticizes the absolute importance placed on fact and reason in the Enlightenment era while highlighting the unquantifiable beauty of nature. The phrases focused on the Astronomer’s lecture satirize

The poems “Oh Looking up by Chance at the Constellations” by Robert Frost and “When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman have many similarities and differences in their themes and structures. Frost’s and Whitman’s poems are written in free verse which means that there is no defined pattern or rhyme within the poems. The major difference between the poems structure is the use of end stop and enjambment within the poems. Frost’s poem uses both enjambment and end stop throughout the poem

lavishly read and visited museums. In “When I Heard the Learn´d Astronomer,” Walt Whitman took inspiration on the effect of the technological discoveries during 1865, the year in which the poem was published. Even though Walt Whitman is considered a realist poet, he was inspired by the transcendentalist movement and Ralph Waldo Emerson´s works. Consequently, Whitman employs a comparison between experience and knowledge of nature “When I Heard the Learn´d Astronomer” to incite the importance of individualism

new outlook on education. He introduced a new way of learning, which is through experience. In this poem, the speaker mentions a time when he was presented a lecture from the wise astronomer, but did not gain the knowledge he needed. Instead, he leaves the room and steps outside and found something he would never forget. Throughout “When I Heard the Learn`d Astronomer” the author uses different techniques and literary elements to emphasize the controversial topics on education versus experience. The

Asimov continually mocks Whitman’s simple admiration for the stars asking his audience “should I stare lovingly at a single leaf and willingly remain ignorant of the forest?” (170). Asimov tries to undermine Whitman’s appreciation for the naked stars by suggesting that the poet’s wonder towards a single “leaf” is minimal and wasteless compared to the great expanse of the “forest”. Yet the astronomer does not continue his response by explaining to unlike-minded people the existence of the “forest”

I have chosen to discuss and write about the last poem in the Anthem companion poems titled “When I Heard The Learn’d Astronomer” written by Walt Whitman. In this poem Whitman is describing an astronomer who is very knowledgeable, and enjoys to think and explore. In the poem Whitman parallels the words “charts and diagrams” with “the proofs” and “the figures” to possibly show how the astronomer is very intelligent and is making very big point of that by repeating himself in the line following. This

In Walt Whitman’s poem “When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” the title itself brings to mind images of stars and charts. The word “heard” suggests the Poet is listening, and the word “Learn’d” adds to the feeling of intelligence. A reader would expect a poem entitled “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” to be about the stars and the shy, and in this case the reader’s expectations would be disappointed. This poem tells the story of a man sitting in a lecture hall listening to another man that says

The diction and imagery in “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” exemplifies the imprisoning feeling of learning in a classroom through lectures and books. Through this free verse poem, the speaker discloses an appreciation for exploring on your own outside of a confined space. To start, Whitman begins the poem with specific diction to describe the astronomer “When I heard the learn’d astronomer”, (ln 1). Whitman shortens “learned” to “learn’d” to emphasize the speakers lack of education in contrast

Astronomy is a branch of science that is heavily studied, with theories and scientific claims being backed up with plausible evidence and data, as shown in Walt Whitman’s poem When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer. However, Whitman’s poem also explores the beauty of appreciating the stars in the sky, purely because they are stars in the sky, put into simple words. He leans heavily on the idea that the more explanation and reason we set into nature, the further it loses its beauty and value, indicating

styles of writing translated into their poems. Two prime examples of these styles would be the poems " The Brain-- is wider than the Sky" and "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer." These poems have the same focus of the brain but there is a great difference in the value each author places on wisdom and knowledge. Emily Dickinson's work was very neat and short when it came to her poetry. Dickinson’s poems are lyrics, generally defined as short poems with a single speaker (not necessarily

Haleigh Youll When I Heard The Learn’d Astronomer Almost every college student in the world can relate to being bored in a lecture hall. Old professors teaching boring material that does not relate to what you want to be doing with your time. In Walt Whitman's poem, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," Whitman’s character is describing just that. The character leaves a lecture and is one within nature. The character uses past tense throughout the entire poem. I believe that this poem is someone