similar than you might think. Stars‚ I Have Seen Them Fall‚ has a theme of positivity and looking on the bright side even though it might seem like the event was tragic. I got this from the line “But when they drop and die No star is lost at all…” A. E. Housman was pointing out the silver lining of a star falling‚ he gave me the tone of sadness at first but then understanding and happiness. When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer theme is for people to learn about nature through first-hand experiences
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Whitman’s first poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” reflects transcendentalist beliefs of nature. In this poem an average person is politely listening to an renowned astronomer lecture about stars as the astronomer expounds through equations and number and odd pictures that seem to have little to do with stars. The listener becomes confused and nauseous. He promptly leaves the class where he looks up and experience actual stars. This poem explicates that while scientific calculations can quantify
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In “When I heard Learn’d Astronomer‚” Walt Whitman uses figurative language and techniques in order to take us through his experience‚ while at the same time using sentence structure to explain the theme how learning on your own is better than learning through a self proclaimed teacher. Walt Whitman uses syntax in the beginning of the poem to take us through the poem with him and put us in his shoes. Repeating the first four lines with “when‚” it causes us to watch his experience with the astronomer
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The poem “When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer‚” is a very smooth and beautiful poem addressing the irony of the professional astronomer. Who is stuck in a room encompassed by algorithms and diagrams‚ never to look up and enjoy the very things he has dedicated his life to. The narrator is mocking this astronomer with the usage of incorrect English‚ in an almost southern drawl‚ when repeatedly calling him a learn’d astronomer instead of educated‚ professional‚ or any other positive and sophisticated
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The poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman depicts the situation where the narrator is in a class learning about the stars‚ then the narrator left the class in order to enjoy the stars outside. This situation follows the theme which is to enjoy nature instead of learning about nature in a room or place. The author exhibits this by stating‚”How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick‚ Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself.”(Lines 5-6) This suggests that the narrator
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Through the poem ：When I Heard the Learn・d Astronomer；‚ Whitman leaves a dominant impression of his own view of astronomy and it・s abundance. He describes how the speaker recounts a day sitting through an astronomy lecture‚ listening to the astronomer・s dull mathematical descriptions of the stars by charts and figures. Gradually the speaker gets sick of its content. Instead‚ the speaker finds understanding and satisfaction just by wandering off plainly looking up at the night sky. The speaker generates
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In the poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”‚ by Walt Whitman‚ the speaker “[becomes] tired and sick” of the learned astronomer’s “proofs‚ [and] figures” used to observe the stars. While the others attending the lecture applaud the astronomer for his approach to the stars‚ the speaker‚ however‚ exits the lecture hall to enjoy the stars in his preferred method of going outside in the “perfect silence”. These contrasting scenes expose the dichotomous relationship of the speaker’s and the astronomer’s
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found the poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman interesting. The poem was straightforward for the most part so I found it easier to read than many of the other poems. First‚ I found the use of the word gliding in the poem very strange. The speaker was in an astronomy lecture hall and he stood up and left in the middle of the lecture. When I imagine an individual standing up in the middle of a hall‚ I think of it being disturbing‚ loud and annoying. The choice of the words rising
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Feeling and Intellect Since Feeling is First by e.e. cummings and When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman are two poems whose main ideas contrast very much from each other. They both reflect the basic most form of human experiences‚ that being feeling and intellect since they often come hand in hand. When one is emotional‚ they often only consider emotion in a given situation rather than facts. In contrast‚ when one is intellectual‚ they generally focus on logic rather than sentiments
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Walt Whitman’s poem "When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer" describes the feelings of knowing too much about the workings of nature. The speaker in the poem is a student who has attended a lecture on astronomy. As he learns more and more‚ he becomes more and more depressed until he leaves the lecture room. Whitman uses interesting elements of form‚ sound‚ and imagery‚ but not figurative language‚ to give meaning to this short poem The poem consists of only one stanza‚ made of eight lines
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