Question

Read the excerpt from “ Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt, Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd, Just as you are refresh'd by the gladness of the river and the bright flow, I was refresh'd, Just as you stand and lean on the rail, yet hurry with the swift current, I stood yet was hurried, Just as you look on the numberless masts of ships and the thick-stemm'd pipes of steamboats, I look'd. What is the purpose of the repetition in these lines?
A) to highlight that the narrator feels misunderstood by others
B) to emphasize that the narrator’s experience is universal
C) to highlight that the reader and narrator are from different times
D) to emphasize that only the reader can relate to the narrator

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is option B.

Explanation:

"Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" is a poem written by Walt Whitman.

This is a man who takes the Ferry when he returns from work. What is reflected in this excerpt is how the narrator does things that are normal for anyone else. They are everyday and universal things.