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What important theme of realism is reflected in these lines from “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman?

And as to you Corpse I think you are good manure, but that does not offend me, I smell the white roses sweet-scented and growing,

I reach to the leafy lips, I reach to the polish'd breasts of melons.

Athe beauty of nature and human life
Bthe beautiful and harsh realities of life
Cthe harsh realities of a cruel world
Dthe mystery of the food chain in nature

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B. the beautiful and harsh realities of life

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The correct answer is B. The beautiful and harsh realities of life

Explanation:

In literature, the word "realism" refers to an artistic movement that aims at representing life, events, and reality as they are, especially those that are undesirable. In the case of the excerpt from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman, realism occurs as the author describes a corpse as "good manure" probably to shows how a corpse really looks and smells and then uses realism to describe the smell of roses " I smell the white roses sweet-scented and growing", this shows the author is trying to depict both the beauty of life expressed in the smell of roses and the harsh moments in life expressed in the corpse. Thus, the theme or idea of realism in this excerpt is the beautiful and harsh realities of life.

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