Question

read the quotation from \song of myself\
i loafe and invite my soul,
i lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
how do these lines reflect the poet’s general style?
○ they show the poet’s love of highly ornate language.
○ they reveal a formal, historical interpretation.
○ they show the poem’s relaxed, candid tone.
○ they reveal natural processes in painstaking detail.

Explanation:

In "Song of Myself" (by Walt Whitman), the lines “I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass” use simple, informal language (“loafe,” casual posture of “lean and loafe at my ease”). Option A is wrong as the language is not ornate. Option B is wrong as there’s no formal/historical interpretation here. Option D is wrong as the lines don’t detail natural processes painstakingly—they focus on a relaxed observation. So the lines reflect a relaxed, candid tone.

Answer:

C. They show the poem’s relaxed, candid tone.