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What is most closely the central idea/theme of this passage (lines 14-25)?A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands;How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord,A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt,Bearing the owner’s name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose?Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation.Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic,And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones,Growing among black folks as among white,Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the same.And now it seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves.Answer choices for the above questionA. Each blade of grass is the resurrection of a human soul.B. Children are born in a state of ignorance and must be taught.C. Grass is an example of how even the most common things closely examined reveal mysterious significance.D. Because grass can grow in so many places and conditions it is available to everyone.

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What is most closely the central idea/theme of this passage (lines 14-25)?A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands;How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord,A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt,Bearing the owner’s name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose?Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation.Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic,And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones,Growing among black folks as among white,Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the same.And now it seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves.Answer choices for the above questionA. Each blade of grass is the resurrection of a human soul.B. Children are born in a state of ignorance and must be taught.C. Grass is an example of how even the most common things closely examined reveal mysterious significance.D. Because grass can grow in so many places and conditions it is available to everyone.

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The central idea/theme of this passage is most closely related to option C: Grass is an example of how even the most common things closely examined reveal mysterious significance. The speaker in the passage is pondering over the nature of grass, suggesting various symbolic interpretations, and ultimately highlighting the profound mystery and significance that can be found in even the most ordinary and ubiquitous things.

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