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GATE 2023 XH2 (English) – Question 28

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · Global Perspectives on Literary Studies: Anglophone literatures (British, American, Canadian and other postcolonial literatures) · 1 mark · Multiple choice

In which collection did Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself” first appear?

  1. Two Rivulets
  2. November Boughs
  3. The Golden Bough
  4. Leaves of Grass

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Correct answer: (D) Leaves of Grass

Explanation

“Song of Myself” appeared in the first edition of Leaves of Grass (1855).