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The Favorite Poem Project: Walt Whitman From "Song of Myself"

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In this video episode [5:36] from The Favorite Poem Project, John Doherty, a construction worker from Boston, describes himself and explains why Walt Whitman's poem entitled "Song of Myself" is an inspiration to his life. Then Doherty reads aloud "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman.

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Concepts
close reading, poetry, walt whitman, american literature
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Additional Tags
poem, poetry lessons, reading closely, "song of myself", favorite poetry project, library of congress, poet laureate, robert pinsky, the favorite poem project
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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