Question

Can someone check my answer please?
Q: Read and analyze "When I heard the learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman. What romantic ideas does it express, and how does the structure of the poem reinforce the meaning?
-When i heard the learn'd astronomer;
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;
When i was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them;
When i, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room.
How soon, unaccountable, i became tired and sick;
Till rising and gliding out, I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the starts.

A: It is a representation because the stars that surround him can represent shining beauty and the tiredness and sickness he experienced earlier within the poem can represent the hard times within a relationship.
For how this all ties in:
It is a comparison to work and relationships and how they are alike and how they differ

Answer 1

I don't think so. While Whitman is not denigrating science, he is saying that he prefers the "mystical" night air and to look at the mysterious stars without knowing too much about them. He prefers a more emotional experience of nature. I don't see any metaphors here at all. Whitman was not given to metaphors. He was a very direct thinker and writer.

Answer 2

oh, ok I see what you mean. Thank you!

Answer 3

can u hlep me with a work sheet

Answer 4

no thanks!