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For You O Democracy
Walt Whitman
About Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitman(1819-1892) is perhaps the greatest American poet of all times. He was also an essayist and philosopher. His most significant poetic volume is Leaves of Grass, a volume that is noted for its poetic power and expression of human feelings.
Come, I will make the continent indissoluble,
I will make the most splendid race the sun ever shone upon,
I will make divine magnetic lands,
With the love of comrades,
With the life-long love of comrades.
I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of
America, and along the shores of the great lakes, and all over the prairies,
I will make inseparable cities with their arms about each other’s necks,
By the love of comrades,
By the manly love of comrades.
For you these from me, O Democracy, to serve you ma femme!
For you, for you I am trilling these songs.
Available Answers
- 1.
The speaker is an American here. What does he promise to do for America? Use the meanings of the three adjectives he uses in the first stanza to answer the question.
- 2.
Why does the speaker repeat a few lines in the poem? What, do you think, is the significance of those lines in the poem?
- 3.
Read these lines and answer the questions that follow.
Come, I will make the continent indissoluble.
- To whom does the speaker say this?
- What does the speaker promise?
- Does the speaker want something in return from those he calls out to?
- 4.
Read these lines and answer the questions that follow.
I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of America, and along the shores of the great lakes, and all over the prairies,
I will make inseparable cities, with their arms about each other's necks,- What does he compare companionship to in the first line? Why does he make this comparison?
- What is the meaning of the word 'prairies'?
- What does he compare cities to? How is this comparison achieved?
- 5.
Describe the speaker's dream in your own words.
- 6.
Why does the speaker refer to democracy as 'ma femme'?
1 more answer(s) available.
Comments
(1) The poet speaker promises to create an idealized America. He promise that democracy would North America and his country would become a nation of the most magnificent race of people. He promise to make it a perfect continent where both the different statesof people are friends. The poet promises to ensure that things are always linked to each other due to powerful attraction so that they are always influencing and getting on which each other.
31 Jan 2021MD E. I.Please send the solution of "For You O' Democracy"
19 Feb 2021Mythili K. J.Please send the solution of "For You O' Democracy"
19 Feb 2021Mythili K. J.Please send the solution of "For You O' Democracy"
19 Feb 2021Mythili K. J.Of what poem's q&a are you reading here
This is: "For you O' Democracy"
What a dumb request is this???
12 Feb 2024Pravin d.