Question

What is the speaker suggesting in the lines below from Walt Whitman's poem "song of myself"?

I depart as air...
I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags

A. That he is so happy he feels like he is flying and swimming
B. That his body dissolves into the air and water
C. That his worries are lifted
D. That his skin is wrinkled from the water

Answer 1

B. That his body dissolves into the air and water. 

Answer 2

B. That his body dissolves into the air and water

Step-by-step explanation:

In Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself," the author mentions that he "departs as air," which can be understood as a farewell, since the poem explores the idea of life and death. However, as he becomes one with the whirlpools, there is an idea of immortalization. Thus, the water represents the cycle of life.