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 the 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. –“when i heard the learn'd astronomer,” walt whitman reread lines 1–5. what is the speaker’s viewpoint on the astronomy lecture? he feels tired and sick because the focus on the mechanical measurements of stars is not satisfying to him. he feels tired and sick because he is stuck in a large crowd of people in a stuffy lecture room. he applauds the lecturer because of his impressive charts and diagrams. he applauds the lecturer because he appreciates the astronomer’s accounting.