Question

4. From "To a Locomotive in Winter" by Walt Whitman

Fierce-throated beauty!
Roll through my chant with all thy lawless music, thy swinging lamps at night,
Thy madly-whistled laughter, echoing, rumbling like an earthquake, rousing all,
Law of thyself complete, thine own track firmly holding,
(No sweetness debonair of tearful harp or glib piano thine,)
Thy trills of shrieks by rocks and hills return'd,
Launch'd o'er the prairies wide, across the lakes,
To the free skies unpent and glad and strong.
How do the long, irregular lines of this poem communicate meaning?
1. They convey a sense of distaste and dismay at the presence of the locomotive.
2. They describe a serene setting and the poet's thoughts about technology.
3. They evoke a wide-ranging scene, with much sound and relentless motion.

Answer 1

To a Locomotive in Winter. Walt Whitman -

"Fierce-throated beauty! "Roll through my chant with all thy lawless music, thy swinging lamps at night..."

C. They evoke a wide-ranging scene, with much sound and relentless motion.

Step-by-step explanation:

"To a Locomotive in Winter" by Walt Whitman. Through his free verse approach, "fierce-throated beauty!" He employs relentless motion and sound to take the reader on an emotional journey through the use of wide-ranging scene. We can visualize the music rolling along the tracks, the lights swinging, and the sound rumbling by comparing it to an earthquake. As a child, his parents taught him to appreciate the many different scenes in nature. He uses these taught skills in his poetry.

He uses relentless motion using

• rolling on the tracks holding on firmly.
• Launch'd o'er the prairies
• rumbling like an earthquake

wide-open scenes

• rocks and hills

• lakes

• and sky

Sound

• music

• rumbling

• swinging lights