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Which three phrases in the poem best convey an upset tone?
Select the correct text.
Oh Mel Oh Life!
by Walt Whitman
Oh mel Oh lifel of the questions of these recurring,
or the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill'd with the foolish,
of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
of eyes that vainly crave the light of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew'd,
or the poor results of all of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me
of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,
The question, o mel so sad, recurring What good amid these, o me, o life?
Answer
That you are here that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse,