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Read the excerpt from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman and complete the sentence that follows.
What has become of the young and old men? And what has become of the women and children? They are alive and well somewhere, The smallest sprout shows there is really no death, And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it, And ceas'd the moment life appear'd. All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

In the excerpt Walt Whitman suggests that 1. ____________ because 2. _________.

Options for 1.
A. human beings continue to exist after death in the form of souls
B. no remnant of human life can exist after death
C. human beings continue to exist after death through the people they knew
D. some remnant of human life continues to exist after death

Options for 2.
E. the human soul is unchangeable and immortal
F. the remains of the dead are absorbed into the soil and continue to nourish life
G. the soul and consciousness continue to exist in other living beings
H. the human soul is not immortal in any way

Answer 1

In the excerpt, Walt Whitman suggests that human beings continue to exist after death through the people they knew because the remains of the dead are absorbed into the soil and continue to nourish life.

The correct option for 1 is C and for 2 is F.

Walt Whitman in his poem “Song of Myself” prohibits himself from singing the songs of war, rage, and journeys and instead sings the song of himself as the subject of his poem. The poem deals about his journey and experience in this world. There are two main characters in his poem, which are 'I' and 'you.' In the above lines, Whitman speaks about the grass which is the symbol of democracy. He says that the grass of democracy feeds itself on the bodies of the dead.

Answer 2

Walt Whitman suggests that 1. D. some remnant of human life continues to exist after death because 2. F. the remains of the dead are absorbed into the soil and continue to nourish life.

What was the Central Idea?

The central idea of the poem above is that there is life after death. So, even after a person dies he is still living because the decomposed material still aids life.

So, options D and F are right.

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