When I heard the Learnd Astronomer

Tone: Whitman created a casual and interactive tone. Line by line analysis - 'When I heard about astronomers' study ...' Narrator is listening to educated astronomers to make a speech. Look at the scientific facts about the night sky given by astronomers. "When I saw a chart for adding, dividing, and measuring charts, he got confused and had to answer math questions about stars:" I sat down and talked about astronomers When he heard a warm clap in the lecture hall, he heard the applause of the astronomer after the speech. "" I stand alone until I get up and start to rise. "He stood up and gave the astronomer lecture I left. He walked alone. A magical beautiful night

When I heard about the study of astronomers, when I saw the chart of the previous column, evidence, figures, when I added them, split and measure them, with the warm clap of the lecture room, in the mysterious moist night sky, sometimes stars While looking at the perfect silence of I, I felt exhausted and exhausted for a long time until I got up and slid out of myself. Historical Background: This poem was written in commemoration of President Abraham Lincoln, assassinated after the alliance surrendered to the alliance with Appomattox for five days. It was published in Whitman 's book "Drum taps and sequels" in 1865. Prior to the Civil War, Whitman had been writing and editing news articles for several newspapers, his epoch-making publication was called "Grass Reef" and was published in 1855.