EN 210 Exam 1 Review
1. Who wrote "Song of Myself?": Walt Whitman
2. #320 "There's a Certain Slant of Light": Emily Dickinson
3. #372: Explores the nature of grief, compares great pain to the formality of a funeral, something formal about how
we feel after a great pain happens
4. #591, I heard a fly die: What is the final thing we see, our loved ones?
5. #1263- Tell all the truth but tell it slant: The truth is better if told incorrectly
6. What was Whitman trying to be when he wrote "Leaves of Grass?": He was trying
to be the poet for all Americans. Wasn't just trying to be a poet for people who don't read poetry. Wanted to show us
to ourselves
7. What does Whitman say at the end of section 52 in Song of Myself?: I realize I've
gone on for a long time under your boot soles you find democracy, the grass. Found other ways to write poetry.
8. Whitmans writing style: uses the whole page
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1. Who wrote "Song of Myself?": Walt Whitman
2. #320 "There's a Certain Slant of Light": Emily Dickinson
3. #372: Explores the nature of grief, compares great pain to the formality of a funeral, something formal about how
we feel after a great pain happens
4. #591, I heard a fly die: What is the final thing we see, our loved ones?
5. #1263- Tell all the truth but tell it slant: The truth is better if told incorrectly
6. What was Whitman trying to be when he wrote "Leaves of Grass?": He was trying
to be the poet for all Americans. Wasn't just trying to be a poet for people who don't read poetry. Wanted to show us
to ourselves
7. What does Whitman say at the end of section 52 in Song of Myself?: I realize I've
gone on for a long time under your boot soles you find democracy, the grass. Found other ways to write poetry.
8. Whitmans writing style: uses the whole page
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