O ME! O LIFE!

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MY IDEA

• I think that the poem was about living
• You can't be happy until you do something in life
• Life is about taking risks and doing what you love
• I think he was trying to figure out life for himself
• He was trying to find out what makes life worth it

WHAT I THOUGHT THE THEME WAS

• Cease the day
• To live life to the fullest
• Make your mark on life

SOME LITERARY DEVICES

• Repitition - repeats phrases "o me, o life!"
• Assonance - repeats sounds mostly though the poem

SOME FACTS

• It's a free verse poem
• It was made in the 1800's
• He rarely answers his own poems this one he did
• It's most know for being in the movie "Dead Poets Society"

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FACTS ABOUT WHITMAN

• He was super self centered amd conceited
• He hated his family
• Ate raw eggs for 20 years of his life
• Born in long island
• Was originally a journalist and teacher

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