What does grass likely symbolize in these lines from the poem? A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands
; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven. (from "A child said, What is the grass" by Walt Whitman) undying curiosity helplessness an optimistic spirit precociousness
A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.
I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.
Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt, Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose?
A simple subject<span> and a </span>simple predicate<span>. The </span>simple subject<span> of a sentence is the main word in the complete </span>subject<span>.</span>
