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“To You” is an 1856 poem by Walt Whitman. In thepoem, Whitman suggests that readers, whom headdresses directly, have not fully understoodthemselves, writing, _______Which quotation from “To You” most effectivelyillustrates the claim?A) “You have not known what you are, you haveslumber’d upon yourself / all your life, / Youreyelids have been the same as closed most of thetime.”B) “These immense meadows, these interminablerivers, you are immense / and interminable asthey.”C) “I should have made my way straight to you longago, / I should have blabb’d nothing but you, Ishould have chanted nothing / but you.”D) “I will leave all and come and make the hymns ofyou, / None has understood you, but Iunderstand you

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“To You” is an 1856 poem by Walt Whitman. In thepoem, Whitman suggests that readers, whom headdresses directly, have not fully understoodthemselves, writing, _______Which quotation from “To You” most effectivelyillustrates the claim?A) “You have not known what you are, you haveslumber’d upon yourself / all your life, / Youreyelids have been the same as closed most of thetime.”B) “These immense meadows, these interminablerivers, you are immense / and interminable asthey.”C) “I should have made my way straight to you longago, / I should have blabb’d nothing but you, Ishould have chanted nothing / but you.”D) “I will leave all and come and make the hymns ofyou, / None has understood you, but Iunderstand you

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The quotation that most effectively illustrates the claim that readers have not fully understood themselves is A) “You have not known what you are, you have slumber’d upon yourself / all your life, / Your eyelids have been the same as closed most of the time.” This quote directly addresses the reader and suggests a lack of self-understanding or self-awareness.

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