ACTIVITAT_A_English_Group_3_B: Walt Whitman's Treasure Hunt

The website http://www.whitmanarchive.org/ is edited by two editors: Ed Folsom and Kenneth m. Price

The website is distributed into seven sections.

In one of them you may find the audio file in mp3 format of one of Walt Whitman's most important poem. What's the name of this poem? America. The name of this poem gives you a clue about the poem you're going to work later. Go back to the books published by Walt Whitman.

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He published lot of books inside the USA. Find the books edited in the States. Leaves of Grass. It was edited in 1855, 1856, 1860, 1867, 1871-72, 1881-82, 1891-92.

The links listed here are to the six American editions of Leaves of Grass published in Whitman's lifetime. True or false? It's true

Have a look at the edition from 1871-1872. One of the sections is dedicated to a president of the USA. What's the name of the section? In the etext of individual poems ans clusters President Lincoln's Burial Hymn

Who was this president? Abraham Lincoln

What are the four poems included in this section? One of these four poems are included in the film Dead Poets Society. -When Lilacs Last In The Door-Yard Bloom'd -O Captain! My Captain! -Hush'd Be The Camps To-Day -This Dust Was Once The Man IF YOU MANAGE TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE QUESTIONS WITH NO PROBLEMS, YOU FINALLY GOT THE TREASURE! CONGRATULATIONS! NOW, MOVE TO ACTIVITAT_B_English_Group_3_B: Walt Whitman's O Captain, My Captain

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