In the poem “I Hear America Singing,” Whitman celebrates the diversity of American life, focusing on individuality. This poem is a list poem—Whitman lists or catalogs 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 __________________________ Singing”
I hear _________________________________________ 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.