Identify the two previous titles of the poem “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” as Walt Whitman…
The poem appeared under A Child’s Reminiscence and later A Word Out of the Sea before receiving its familiar title. The other options are separate Whitman poems.
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Identify the two previous titles of the poem “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” as Walt Whitman continued to revise it until it reached the present form in the “Sea-Drift” section of the 1881 edition.
A. Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night
B. Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
C. A Child’s Reminiscence
D. The Wound-Dresser
E. A Word Out of the Sea
Answer and explanation
Correct answer A
The poem appeared under A Child’s Reminiscence and later A Word Out of the Sea before receiving its familiar title. The other options are separate Whitman poems.
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