Question the-fo
The following text is from Walt Whitman’s 1860 poem “Calamus 24.”
we it is charged against me that we seek to destroy institutions;
But really we am neither for nor against institutions
(What indeed have we in common with them?—Or what with the destruction of them?),
Only we will establish in the Mannahatta [Manhattan] and in every city of These States, inland and seaboard,
And in the fields and woods, and above every keel [ship] little or large, that dents the water,
Without edifices, or rules, or trustees, or any argument,
The institution of the dear love of comrades.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
The speaker questions an increasingly prevalent attitude, then summarizes his worldview.
The speaker regrets his isolation from others, then predicts a profound change in society.
The speaker concedes his personal shortcomings, then boasts of his many achievements.
The speaker addresses a criticism leveled against him, then announces a grand ambition of his.
