Question

This dust was once the man, Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand, Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, Was saved the Union of these States Walt Whitman What can you interpret from the title and first line of the poem?
a.Whitman wrote it to be his own death announcement.
b.Whitman wrote it years after the death of Lincoln.
c.Whitman believes no one remembers his work.
d.Whitman believes no one remembers Lincoln.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B.Whitman wrote it years after the death of Lincoln because it says that this dust was once a man, and that means that he is talking about Lincoln's ashes, and that means that they cremated Lincoln and so this means that Lincoln has been dead for a while.

B. Whitman wrote it years after the death of Lincoln

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Answer 2

What can be interpreted from the title and first line of the poem is: b. Whitman wrote it years after the death of Lincoln.

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

Abraham Lincoln was a one-time president of the United States of America. In these lines of his poem, Whitman refers to the dust which was Lincoln's decayed body and remembers what he stood for when he was still alive.

He was a just and resolute man. So, we can deduce that this poem was written after Lincoln's death.

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