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This Dust Was Once the Man

This dust was once the man,
Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
Was saved the Union of these States

Walt Whitman

What can you interpret from the title and first line of the poem?

A Whitman wrote it to be his own death announcement.
B Whitman wrote it years after the death of Lincoln.

Answer 1

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "Lincoln's death at war's end." the word just most likely an allusion to picture out Lincoln's death at war's end. "Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand, Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age..."

Answer 2

B should be the answer