USA HISTORY

LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861

AMERICAN RENAISSANCE UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Walt Whitman’s poetry followed patterns similar to the
A
Hebrew national manuscripts
B
masonic manuscripts
C
Anabaptist sermons
D
Hebrew bible
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Briefly defined, biblical Hebrew poetry is a nonmetrical form of verse characterized above all by verbal inventiveness, a discernible poetic diction and texture, and concision.

Detailed explanation-2: -Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hebrew poetry is poetry written in the Hebrew language. It encompasses such things as: Biblical poetry, the poetry found in the poetic books of the Hebrew Bible. Piyyut, religious Jewish liturgical poetry in Hebrew or Aramaic. Medieval Hebrew poetry written in Hebrew.

Detailed explanation-4: -Unlike any other poet at the time, Walt Whitman broke the rules of traditional poetry. He wrote elongated, sweeping poetry in his signature free verse style. Whitman’s free verse did not rhyme or follow a strict meter. Instead his poems achieved a lyrical quality through cadence.

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