The tone of this excerpt from "there was a child went forth" can be described as select all that apply

a. distant
b. observant
c. personal
d. tragic

(B) observant, and (C) personal

Explanation:

The excerpt is from a poem written by Walt Whitman, entitled “There was a child went forth every day,”. We can say that the poem is ‘observant’ and ‘personal’. It has been noted that the poem might be an autobiographical experience of Whitman himself during his childhood. We can say that the two characteristics are present in the except since we see the amount of details described about the author’s surroundings. It is personal, since we are seeing these details from the eyes of the author.  

answer; i believe the correct answer is ( indirect characterization);