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Published on Feb 06, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

O ME! O LIFE!

BY WALT WHITMAN
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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
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WHAT I THOUGHT THE THEME WAS

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

  • Repitition - repeats phrases "o me, o life!"
  • Assonance - repeats sounds mostly though the poem
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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
  • He hated his family
  • He was a journalist and a teacher
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