Walt Whitman was an American poet who was born in 1819. Leaves of Grass is one of his most well-known poetry collections.

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Walt Whitman was an American poet who was born in 1819. Leaves of Grass is one of his most well-known poetry collections.

Listen to an excerpt from one of his poems here.

View the excerpt of the poem here.

What did you notice about this poem’s structure as you listened? Check all that apply.

It is a poem with a fixed form.
It does not have a specific rhyme scheme.
It has rhyming quatrains.
It has a free form.
It does not have a set meter.

A child said, What is the grass? fetching it to me with full
hands;
How could I answer the child?. . . .I do not know what it
is any more than he.
I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful
green stuff woven.
Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord,
A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropped,
Bearing the owner’s name someway in the corners, that we
may see and remark, and say Whose?

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
3 hours ago

Based on the description of the poem's structure and the excerpt provided, the following observations can be noted:

- **It does not have a specific rhyme scheme.** The lines in the excerpt don’t adhere to a consistent pattern of rhyme.
- **It has a free form.** The lines appear to flow without a fixed structure or traditional forms such as sonnets or villanelles.
- **It does not have a set meter.** The rhythm of the lines does not follow a strict metrical pattern.

So, you can check the following options:

- It does not have a specific rhyme scheme.
- It has a free form.
- It does not have a set meter.

The poem is characteristic of Whitman's style, which often embraced free verse and a more natural flow of language.