WHITMANS STYLE The Catalog Poem Free Verse Poetry

WHITMAN’S STYLE The Catalog Poem

Free Verse • Poetry that has no set rhythm, meter, or pattern. • These poems still have rhythm, but the rhythm depends on the diction and syntax.

Catalog Poem • A poem that is a long list of things, people or events.

Joy of food Joy of Fridays Joy of being first Joy of snow days Joy of soft sheets Joy of sleep Joy of getting a job Joy of being paid Joy of buying something you want Joy of listening to music Joy of playing hackeysack Joy of dancing on stage Joy of pretty girls (and good-looking guys) Joy of that second your parents leave Joy of taking a chance Joy of hanging out with people who mean the most Joy of living one day at a time Yeah, that kind of joy Joy of living Of just being me

Morning Sounds

Parallel Structure • Parallel Structure is when a writer uses repetition of a word, phrase, clause, or sentences to convey a point. • He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and, when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused… (147) • All people are born with inalienable rights, and the government’s responsibility is to secure these rights (149) • I now resolved that, however long I might remain a slave in form, the day had passed that I remained a slave in fact (421)

Elliptical Structure (avoid in your essays) • Phrases, clauses, and sentences with words left out. • Their meaning can be inferred from nearby sentences with similar structures or from context clues. • I went to the beach, Jane to the mall. • Some like to drink Pepsi. Some Coke.