You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. Why does Whitman use such a simple phrase as “who I am or what I mean”?

A. He is concerned that readers won’t understand his poem.
B. He wants to communicate directly with readers.
C. He is unable to express his thoughts in any other style.
D. He wants to vary the language of the poem.

B) He wants to communicate directly with the readers.

Explanation:

From the given options, the sentence that best explains why Walt Whitman uses such a simple phrase as "who I am or what I mean" in the given quotation from "Song of Myself" is the corresponding to option B: He wants to communicate directly with the readers, that is why he uses a simple phrase and also he addresses the reader in a direct way by using the pronoun "you."

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the right ones are in bold.

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greatest charm as in she possessed (=had) the greatest charm.

pleasant (her demeanor)

speaking (of her sensibility)

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bleeding refers to the hypothetical mouse.

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