Question

select the correct answer.
what would the tone of walt whitmans poem \i hear america singing\ be if the people in the poem were speaking rather than singing?
a. jovial
b. less hopeful
c. more hopeful
d. unchanged

Explanation:

In "I Hear America Singing", the act of singing conveys a sense of joy, unity, and hopeful celebration of workers' lives. Speaking, as a more ordinary and less emotionally expressive mode than singing, would likely reduce the poem's hopeful, jubilant tone. So the tone would be less hopeful.

Answer:

B. less hopeful