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which sentence best describes the dramatic situation of whitman's "song of the open road"? the speaker has reached a fork in the road and must choose which way to go. the speaker is walking in no particular direction, reflecting on the wonders of life. the speaker is reflecting on a choice that he regrets. the speaker is marching towards a fixed destination.

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The speaker is walking in no particular direction, reflecting on the wonders of life.

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  • The speaker is walking in no particular direction, reflecting on the wonders of life.

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While for Whitman the adventure is the wellspring of verse, he considers it to be something bigger, as a lifestyle. The verse is auxiliary. As he says, "I and mine do not convince by arguments, similes, rhymes, / We convince by our presence." What is in question is along these lines more essential and more widespread than writing. The street is an image of a majority rule and essential society that simply happens to make for good verse.

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