Why do the allusions to Whitman in Galway Kinnell's "Vapor Trail Reflected in the Frog Pond" create tension?
**A. They are ironic because Whitman is proud of America, whereas Kinnell is not.** (I believe this answer is correct)
B. They shift focus from the negative effects of American involvement in Vietnam to the positive effects.
C. They refer back to a time when war was never an option for the United States.
D. They do not connect the two poems as a person would expect.
