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'Song of Myself' opens with which line?
AWhose woods these are I think I know
BI wandered lonely as a cloud
CI celebrate myself, and sing myself
DTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. I celebrate myself, and sing myself
1. The opening line is among the most famous in American poetry.
2. The verb pair 'celebrate'/'sing' announces the self-reflexive method.
3. It establishes individual consciousness as the poem's centre.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1322 — Whitman's Leaves of Grass — "I celebrate myself, and sing myself"_
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