When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer Questions and Answers

What best describes a theme of "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"?

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What is the tone for Walt Whitman's poem "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"?

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What Romantic ideas does this poem express and how does the structure of the poem reinforce the meaning?

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In "When I Heard the Learned Astronomer," why is there "much applause in the lecture room?"

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Please explain the following quote from "When I Heard the Learn'd Astromer." How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick; 5 Till rising and gliding out, I wander’d off by myself, In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time, Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.

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What is the meaning behind "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman?

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What information is the astronomer presenting at the beginning of the poem?

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Discuss the influence of Transcendentalism on "When I Heard the Learned Astronomer."

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What is the influence of transcendentalism in Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"?

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What is the central idea of Whitman's poem "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"?  

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Does the speaker respect the learned astronomer?

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What according to the speaker is the best way to understand nature in "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"?

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In "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" the speaker complains about the lecture. His antidote is to look up in perfect silence at the stars. Couldn’t we complain about Whitman’s poem in the same way? Isn’t his poem more like a lecture about looking at stars than the direct experience of stars? How is Whitman always reaching out through his words to embrace us?

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What scientific tools and methods does the astronomer use in "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman?

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What is Walt Whitman saying in his poem, When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer? Is the learn'd astronomer supposed to be intelligent and brilliant?

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In Walt Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," what does the astronomer's lecture represent? What does the "moist night-air" represent?

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What is the context of the poem "When I  Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"?

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Discuss what Whitman is saying about formal and informal learning in "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer."

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Write at least six sentences discussing the influence of Transcendentalism on Whitman's "When I Heard the learn'd Astronomer".

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Where is the poet in the second half of "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"?

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What implications does "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" have on pursuing a master's degree?

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In the first half of the poem, where is the port?  

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In the poem "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," what does Walt Whitman do in reaction to the lecture?

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Given Whitman's poem "When I learn'd Astronomer," discuss the implications it may have, not just for this course, but for your journey toward a Master's Degree.

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Please explain the following stanza from "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer": "WHEN I heard the learn’d astronomer;/When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;/When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them;/When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room"  

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What form does he use in his poem? How is the form or lack of form important to the content?

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When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer Read Walt Whitman’s poem below. What implications may it have, not just for this course, but for your journey toward a master’s degree?

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