Read the quotation from "song of myself."

it is not far, it is within reach,
perhaps you have been on it since you were born and did not know,
perhaps it is everywhere on water and on land.
shoulder your duds dear son, and i will mine, and let us hasten forth,
wonderful cities and free nations we shall fetch as we go.
in this quotation, the first stanza has a different style from the second section.

what does this suggest about whitman’s overall style in the poem?

that whitman does not have a distinctive style as a poet
that whitman’s style allows for various kinds of language
that whitman is comfortable using traditional styles of poetry
that whitman’s style conforms to age-old rules of poetry