Instructions:Select the correct answer. In this line from Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself," what is the meaning of the word

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Digiron [165]

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Instructions:Select the correct answer. In this line from Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself," what is the meaning of the word

leavings? And as to you Life I reckon you are the leavings of many deaths

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2 answers:

Serggg [28] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-20T07:14:37+03:00

Serggg [28]4 years ago

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The answer would be legacy

AysviL [449] · Answer 2 · 2022-02-20T08:35:52+03:00

Answer:

In this line from Walt Whitman's poem Song of Myself, the meaning of the word leavings is inheritance/legacy.

Explanation:

The speaker expresses what he feels about the life of the other person; he feels his/her life is a consequence of many deaths, that maybe the way of living and the characteristics of that life are what they are because of that deaths, what those deaths left him/her. His/her inheritance/legacy made of his/her life what it is.