from Song of Myself and O Captain! My Captain! / Walt Whitman

Test Practice

"Song of Myself"
Compare and Contrast Symbols

With your partner, discuss how to answer these questions about the selection.

1. In lines 68–69, what similarity does Whitman see between the grass, the pismire, and the grain of sand?
a. They are all small and go unnoticed by the speaker.
b. They are all simple and perfect.
c. They are all lowly and unimportant.
d. They are all minor creations of nature.


What is the correct answer to the question above? How did the information you gathered while reading help you eliminate incorrect answers?

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