Question

The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam,

The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work;

The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat – the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck;

The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench – the hatter singing as he stands.

—“I Hear America Singing,”
Walt Whitman

In what three ways does Whitman use repetition in this passage from his poem?

by repeating rhymed words
by repeating “singing”
by including the workers’ first names
by starting each line with a type of worker
by ending each line with what each person does while singing

Answer 1

By starting each line with a type of worker, repeating the word "singing", and ending each line with what each person does while singing.

Step-by-step explanation:

Whitman uses repetition in this passage from his poem by:

starting each line with a type of worker (the carpenter, the mason, the boatman, the deckhand, the shoemaker, the hatter)

repeating the word "singing"

ending each line with what each person does while singing (measures his plank or beam, makes ready for work, or leaves off work, belongs to him in his boat, on the steamboat deck, sits on his bench, stands)

Therefore, the correct answer is: by starting each line with a type of worker, repeating the word "singing", and ending each line with what each person does while singing.