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QuizMultiple Choice

Walt Whitman’s "Song of Myself"

Question 6 • [ELA11] ELA 11, Sem 1 (26-27)

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 “eddies” and “drift” affect the tone of the second line?

Answer
A
They give the line a distanced tone.
B
They give the actions described a feeling of importance.
C
They make it difficult to comprehend the line’s meaning.
D
They create a sense of movement.
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