Read the quotation from "Song of Myself." I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags. How do the words “effuse” and “drift” affect the tone of the second line?

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They create a mood of mystery in the line.

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Read the quotation from "Song of Myself." I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags. How do the words “effuse” and “drift” affect the tone of the second line?

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