This dust was once the man
this dust was once the man,
gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
was saved the union of these states
walt whitman
what can you interpret from the title and first line of the poem?
whitman wrote it to be his own death announcement.
whitman wrote it years after the death of lincoln.
whitman believes no one remembers his work.
whitman believes no one remembers lincoln.