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In 'Song of Myself,' the child's question 'What is the grass?' prompts a reply emphasising:
ABotanical specificity only
BDemocratic universality of the earth's growth
CDisgust at decay
DReligious obedience
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Democratic universality of the earth's growth
1. The grass becomes a synecdoche for democratic equality.
2. Whitman extends the answer across geographic and racial divides.
3. The child's question is the poem's recurring origin point.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1322 — Whitman's Leaves of Grass — "A child asks "What is the grass?" Whitman responds it represents democratic equality"_
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