In what three ways does Whitman's poem match the
time in which he was writing?
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat -
the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck;
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench – the
hatter singing as he stands.
-I Hear America Singing,"
Walt Whitman
The poem celebrates people.
The poem breaks rules about structure.
The poem has rhyme.
The poem shows a positive picture.
The poem is tightly structured