2.1.6 Quiz: Whitman and Dickinson
Question 4 of 5

What is the speaker suggesting in the line below from Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself"?

"If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles."

A. That his body has dissolved into dirt
B. That his love went into cleaning his lover's boots
C. That the boots belonged to him
D. That he is worth as little as dirt



Answer :

Final answer:

In Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself," the speaker suggests being connected to nature through the imagery of his body dissolving into dirt.


Explanation:

The speaker in Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" is suggesting that his body has dissolved into dirt in the line:

If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.

Whitman uses this imagery to express the idea of returning to the earth and being connected to nature even after death.


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