Question

Why is it significant that Walt Whitman includes "Southerner as soon as Northerner" as part of the speaker's identity in Leaves of Grass?

A. His editors demanded that he talk about geography.
B. Whitman has a personal preference for the South over the North.
C. Tensions over slavery were high between the North and the South.
D. The country was adopting a new Constitution.

Answer 1

C. Tensions over slavery were high between the North and the South.

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Answer 2

The correct answer is letter C.

Explanation: Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist.

A single work of poetry, "Herb Leaves," validates Walt Whitman or recognition as the greatest American poets and one of the leading authors of modernity.