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“I Hear America Singing,” Whitman celebrates the diversity of American life, focusing on individuality. This poem is a list poem—Whitman lists or catalogues the people he hears “singing.” Fill in the blanks of the model poem below to create your own version of this poem. Where appropriate, indicate the pronoun by circling your choice.


“I Hear _Family_ Singing” I hear _family_ singing, the varied carols I hear. Those of __, each one singing __ as it should be __ and __. The __ singing (his/hers/theirs) as (he/she/they) __ (his/her/their) __ or __. The __ singing (his/hers/theirs) as (he/she/they) makes ready for __, or leaves off __. The __ singing what belongs to (him/her/them) in (his/her/their) __, the __ singing on the__. The __ singing as (he/she/they) sits on (his/her/their) __, the __ singing (his/hers/theirs) as (he/she/they) __ The __ song, the __’s on (his/her/their) way in the __, or at __ or at __. The __ singing of the__, or of the young __ at __, or of the __ or __. Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else. The __ what belongs to the __ at __ the __ of __. Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.