Question

What would the tone of Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing" be if the people in the poem were speaking rather than singing?

Answer 1

How does “The Gettysburg Address” and “O Captain! My Captain!” compare in their use of pathos (the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings)? Neither the speech nor poem rely on the use of pathos. Both the speech and poem are equal when it comes to the use of pathos. The poem relies more on pathos than the speech does. The speech relies more on pathos than the poem does.