Poem 1:

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear;
Those of mechanics — each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong;
The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off at the noon hour;

Poem 2:

As I walked the boroughs of the bell-ringing city,
I marked where on the gilded spire floated, high above
The bells, a thousand shaken voices
Of silent people wreathing in the silent air.
两首诗与它们的文艺手段相比.
诗歌第一首"我听到美国唱歌"是沃尔特·怀特曼的诗歌,它采用了形象化和比喻的文学手段.诗歌形象化了美国,赋予了美国人类的歌唱品质.人们的声音和活动也被形象化地代表成旋律或歌曲,每个职业都有自己的独特的歌曲.另一方面,诗歌第二首使用了几种文学手段,如形象化,比喻和形象.诗歌形象化了钟声,使他们能够通过它们的声音响起和说话. "钟声的城市"这个短语是繁华和喧的城市生活的比喻. "金塔"和"千个摇的声音"的形象隐藏了城市和居民的生动图像.诗歌使用形象化和比喻,传达了他们的信息,但也创造了更生动的形象.