Q. The biographical text tells us that Whitman “set out to define theAmerican experience.” How did he approach this daunting task? (Solved)
1. with unlimited optimism so as to represent each person rather than categorize people according to race or class
2. with confidence that the people would embrace him
3. with an eagerness to earn a name for himself as a truly original national poet
4. with the assumption that his work would result in him being a person
- d. with the assumption that his work would result in him being a person