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    Walter Whitman was a 19th century American poet known for his free verse style. This excerpt from his poem "From Song of Myself" discusses themes of seizing the present moment and the timelessness of youth, age, perfection, heaven and hell. The fragment suggests we should appreciate what we have now rather than dwell on the past or future.

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    Walter Whitman was a 19th century American poet known for his free verse style. This excerpt from his poem "From Song of Myself" discusses themes of seizing the present moment and the timelessness of youth, age, perfection, heaven and hell. The fragment suggests we should appreciate what we have now rather than dwell on the past or future.

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    Walter "Walt" Whitman (1819 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist.

    He is one of the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry. The following fragment is from a poem called From Song of Myself. It talks about Carpe Diem. Read the fragment and answer the questions below:

    There was never any more inception than there is now, nor any more youth or age than there is now, and will never be any more perfection than there is now, nor any more heaven or hell than there is now 1. What does the text suggest to you? (Justify your answer) 2. Do you agree with the author? (Justify your answer) 3. Do you find any stylistic device in the fragment? (parallelism, anaphora, antithesis, repetition) 4. What does inception mean? 5. Did you find it difficult to understand the poem?

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