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'I celebrate myself, and sing myself' establishes a focus on:
APure philosophical abstraction
BRoyal genealogy
CIndividual consciousness and democratic equality
DClassical mythology
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Individual consciousness and democratic equality
1. The 'I' is at once personal and representative of every American.
2. Self-celebration is reframed as democratic inclusion of every other self.
3. The grammar of paired verbs ('celebrate'/'sing') makes voice into theme.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1322 — Whitman's Leaves of Grass — "I celebrate myself, and sing myself"_
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