Question

This Dust Was Once the Man

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

Who is "the man" the dust now represents? (5 points)

1.The narrator
2.A criminal
3.Whitman
4.Lincoln

Answer 1

2. A Criminal

Step-by-step explanation:

The narrator would talk in a different tense speaking on words like "me , i , and others " . and the crinimal right now has worrs that go with it

Answer 2

Lincoln.

The poem is describing Abraham Lincoln

Step-by-step explanation: