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Whitman's poetic vision treats 'the body' as:
AA prison to be escaped
BSacred — 'Divine am I inside and out'
CIrrelevant to art
DComic material only
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Sacred — 'Divine am I inside and out'
1. Whitman's celebration of physicality is one of his most transgressive moves.
2. The exact phrase 'Divine am I inside and out' is canonical.
3. It influenced subsequent body-positive American poetics.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1322 — Whitman's Leaves of Grass — "Divine am I inside and out"_
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