Instructions
Read the question carefully and select the best answer.
Which of the following is the best interpretation of the following stanza of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" as it appears on page 116 of the novel: If
no other in the world be aware I sit content/And if each and all be aware I sit content?
A. In this stanza, the narrator is totally oblivious to the world around him, sitting contently no matter what happens.
OB. In this stanza, the narrator makes it clear that he doesn't care what other people think of him.
OC. In this stanza, the narrator is constantly interested in knowing others' opinion of himself.
D. In this stanza, the narrator is saying that his contentment is not affected by others but instead comes from within