An Audio Guide to Poetry Recitation - 29. "I Hear America Singin

An Audio Guide to Poetry Recitation - 29. "I Hear America Singing"


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When you talk about free verse, the conversation inevitably comes around to Walt Whitman. His long rhapsodic lines have no specific meter, but they are full of rhythmic energy. Here writer Richard Rodriguez recites a classic poem by Walt Whitman.

I Hear America Singing
by Walt Whitman
[Read by Richard Rodriguez]

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe
     and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off
     work,
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,
The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the
     morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at
     work, or of the girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young
     fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.

 

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• Rhythmic energy，got it. Thanks! -~叶子~- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/15/2015 postreply 16:26:29

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