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From The Beasts
Walt Whitman
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd;
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition;
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins;
They do not make me sick discussing their duty too God;
Not one is dissatisfied−not one is demented with the mania of owning things;
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago;
Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole Earth.
−Walt Whitman
Available Answers
- 1.
Write whether these statement are true or false.
- Humans talk of God and sin so they can do something about both of them.
- Animals demand respect from others and mastery over the Earth.
- Self-contained implies selfishness.
- Animals are unequal.
- 2.What does kneeling to another signify? Why is the poet critical of it?
- 3.
Why do you think 'discussing one's duty to God' is distasteful?
- 4.Highlight the poet's use of sarcasm in the poem.
- 5.
Explain why being 'demented with the mania of owning things' might be an undesirable quality.
- 6.
Do you share any of the poet's rage against the human race? Explain.
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