At home on the hills of Vermont or in the woods of Maine, or the Texan ranch, comrade of Californians, comrade of free North-Westerners. . . . of every hue and caste am I, of every rank and religion.

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—Walt Whitman, Song of Myself

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
Why did Whitman compose these lines?

to point out the vastness of the United States

to display the wide array of social classes of each region

to comment on the religious differences he noticed between regions

to celebrate the different regions and people that make up the nation

Answer 1

to celebrate the different regions and people that make up the nation