Read the quote from Song of Myself.
"At home on the hills of Vermont or in the woods
of Maine, or the Texan ranch, comrade of
Californians, comrade of free North-Westerners. ... of every hue and caste am I, of every rank
and religion."
-Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
Whitman composed these lines as a way to
A
point out the vastness of the United States.
B
display the wide array of social classes found in each region.
C
comment on the religious differences among regions.
D
celebrate the different regions and people that make up the nation.
