Barrett Drake

English

10 August, 13:14

Which statement best compares and contrasts the meaning of the stars in these two poems by Walt Whitman?

A)

In the first poem, the stars represent nature's beauty that has no need of explanation, while in the second poem, the stars are symbolic of humanity's eternal soul.

B)

In the first poem, the stars are symbolic for a person's eternal soul, while in the second poem, the stars represent the powerful and almost inexpressible beauty of nature.

C)

In the first poem, the speaker finally learns what the stars mean because of the learned astronomer, while in the second poem the speaker teachers a little girl what the stars mean.

D)

In the first poem, the speaker comes to reject what the stars have represented to people in the past, and in the second poem, the speaker recognizes the wisdom of how stars were perceived in the past.