Which line in this excerpt from The Still Alarm by George S. Kaufman demonstrates the use of understatement?
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The line <em>"I will make inseparable cities with their arms about each other’s necks"</em> suggests that democracy will create unbreakable bonds among people.
The poem "For You, Democracy" was written by Walt Whitman on the issue of democracy. The poem focuses on the theme of peaceful coexistence between nations, races, democracy for all.
- In the poem, the speaker declares <em>"I will make the continent indissoluble."</em>
- The word "democracy" is not directly stated or declared but that is what the speaker seems to be suggesting in all his statements.
- Especially, in the line <em>"I will make inseparable cities with their arms about each other’s necks"</em>, he personifies cities as humans, with arms around each other.
- This statement is also suggestive of democracy as something like a bond that will bring cities together, keep them close to one another.
Whitman addressed the theme of democracy as the main issue in his poem. He also expressed his idea of how democracy can be, together with a strong bond, peacefully coexisting. And the correct answer for the given line of the poem is the <u>first option</u>.
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