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Read the Walt Whitman poem titled When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer posted below.

When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer 
by Walt Whitman                                          

When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself,                                                                        
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,                                                               
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.

  Part 1

In a well-developed paragraph, discuss what you think the poem is about. Remember what the stated themes of today’s lesson are about. Include at least 2 quotations in your response. 

Part 2

Find and include two images that illustrate the contrasting ideas presented in the poem