All forces have been steadily employ'd to complete and delight me,
Now on this spot I stand with my robust soul.
–“Song of Myself,”
Walt Whitman
I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
–“Sympathy,”
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Rank the outlook of each poem on a scale of
1 - 5, with 1 being the most romantic and 5 being the most realistic.
"Song of Myself," Walt Whitman
