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What is Walt Witman‘s poem about when I heard the learned astronomer

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Answer: inspired

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because the word learn’d means inspirated

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The speaker begins to tell a story or anecdote about this time when he went to see a really smart astronomer speak. The word "learn'd" means "smart" or, more accurately, "well-educated."
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