Question

Read “Grass” by Carl Sandburg.

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work—
I am the grass; I cover all.

And pile them high at Gettysburg
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
Shovel them under and let me work.
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?
Where are we now?

I am the grass.
Let me work.

Which statement best describes the speaker of the poem?
The speaker is the grass that is determined to grow over the earth.
The speaker is the shovel that carries the earth and the grass.
The speaker is the body that the grass covers.
The speaker is the person who cares for the grass at the battlefields.

Answer 1

A: The speaker is the grass that is determined to grow over the earth.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer is The speaker is the grass that is determined to grow over the earth.

Step-by-step explanation:

The last two lines of the poem clearly say

"I am the grass

Let me work".

Here the subject of the sentence represents itself as "the grass" and it emphasises during the poem that it "covers all", which means that its work is to cover the earth.

In this poem, the speaker wants to remind people that even though it covers the battlefields makinf the dead bodies invisible, the memory always sticks with people. Except for making us feel for all the dead bodies and tragedies, this poem reminds us that horrors of war mustn't be forgotten.