Part A


What is a theme of "Song of the Open Road"?



A trip can enable people to feel free to examine who they really are.


An excursion to a famous location allows someone to be around others.


Traveling to a national landmark connects people to others.


Visiting a historical site makes historical events come alive.

Question 2

Part B


Which two quotes from the poem best help Whitman develop the theme identified in Part A?



"From this hour, freedom! / From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines,"


"I can repeat over to men and women, You have done such good to me, I would do the same to you."


"Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute,"


"I will recruit for myself and you as I go; / I will scatter myself among men and women as I go;"

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Respuesta :

The theme of this poem is freedom. When a person takes the open road, you feel, "Healthy, free, the world before me." Being free means being able to do anything you want to do. It means having no troubles upon you and wants nothing except to relax.

Part A:

Traveling is a freeing experience that allows for independence and self-reflection.

Part B:

1. "From this hour, freedom! / From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines,"

2. "Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, / Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me."