What Romantic ideal is expressed in Whitman's poem?(1 point)
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Understanding stars is an important part of formal learning.
Understanding stars is an important part of formal learning.
Science is the best way to study nature.
Science is the best way to study nature.
Studying astronomy is best when done in a classroom.
Studying astronomy is best when done in a classroom.
Nature is meant to be experienced.
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Nature is meant to be experienced.
What lines from Whitman's poem best supports this claim: The speaker's tone is overwhelming weariness. (2)(2 points)
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When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;
Till rising and gliding out, I wander'd off by myself,
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When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;
Till rising and gliding out, I wander'd off by myself,
The lines that best support the claim that the speaker's tone is overwhelming weariness are:
- "When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;"
- "Till rising and gliding out, I wander'd off by myself,"
- "When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;"
- "Till rising and gliding out, I wander'd off by myself,"