When+I+Heard+the+Learn’d+Astronomer

I chose to read this poem and i found it really enjoyable to read. I thought that it was so interesting the way he sounded with nature. I thought it was so true about having all of the materials that uses in class and how it can be so helpful, but after awhile it can become very boring so that you lose interest in the topic. But i really like how he says that the real way to learn is to actually experience it and understand how it works through experience. He explains the effect of learning in the classroom but then also the personal growth you achieve through being in nature. I really liked that he said this because i work so much better interacting with something rather then sitting in a classroom and taking notes. 1199916445

I have to agree with ape. Whitman describes the effect of learning in the classroom as well as the personal growth achieved through nature. Yo can easily tell when he switches from being in the classroom to being in nature because he says

'How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick; Till rising and gliding out, I wander’d off by myself,"

He specifically says when he left the classroom. Several of the authors and poets that we have studied are not very specific at all. This is the main thing I liked about this poem, Whitman clearly states his actions. When you compare him to Poe, you can immediately see the vague description used by Poe is completely different than the specific and direct statements used by Whitman. Overall, I liked this poem. Its not too simple, but not to difficult to understand. 1199747343

I really didn't understand this poem. It deffinatly wasn't one of my favorites. It was just really confusing for me. After reading PSa and ape's post it helps me understand it a little, but im still lost. 1199759811

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 * In the poem ‘When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer’, Walt Whitman is portraying one of the many aspects that contributes to how the human comprehends different types of information. Therefore the majority of students can relate to the poem because most are kinesthetic learners, as appose to some who merely are just visual learners or auditory learners. Whitman is stating that once he was able to leave to “classroom environment” which caused him to become “ ‘tired and sick’ ” he became content with his current state.**

I really enjoyed reading this poem. It tells me that at first the lectures were found to be interesting and favorable to everybody including Whitman who showed much apprecation for the insightful work the astronomer has done. It kind of seems like the astronomer is teaching college students. Because a quote in the poem reminded me of lectures/lessons that that are pretty convincing enough that it is talking about lectures from colleges/universities, //" When the proofs, the figures, were arranged in columns before me; When I was show n the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them;"// I understand too why Whitman would be bored from the astronomer's teachings. They were great and all for a couple of months, but maybe there was so much to learn about space that it never seemed like to Whitman that it was never going to end. However he got so sick and tired of the astronomer's lectures that he wanted to observe the stars for himself. I guess the astronomer was just too good for Whitman to teach. 1200415752

In this poem, I think that Walt Whitman is taking us through many human aspects as well. But I mainly think that he was taking us through a learning process. It starts off when he heres about a learn'd astronomer, and makes his way to when he was shown charts and diagrams. I also think that this astronomer must have been very brilliant and could also write a very good lecture. In the poem it says that he lectured with much applause in the lecturing room. He was probably a very deep thinking asronomer as well, because when Whitman wasn't feeling that good, at the end of the poem, he probably thought about the astronomer. Which caused him to just look up in perfect silence at the stars. 1200404330