Project cooperative: Dead poets society

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ACTIVITY A: WALT WHITMANS 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: Published Works, In Whitmans Hand, Life & Letters, Commentary, Pictures & Sound, Resources, About the Archive. 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. Leaves of Grass. Go back to the books published by Walt Whitman. Editions of Whitman's work published outside the U.S. He published lot of books inside the USA. Find the books edited in the States. Different editions of Leave of Grass. The links listed here are to the six American editions of Leaves of Grass published in Whitman's lifetime. True or false? 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? U.S Editions of Leaves of Grass (1871-72). 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? The poem is O Captain, my captain!