4x Songs of Myself 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? Origuess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation Origuess it __ a uniform hieroglyphic, __ __ __ __ And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zooos 4x In the first stanza, how does the question add to the author's purpose? x A It introduces an inquiry which reflects the poet is seeking knowledge. B It reflects how the child's understanding is deeply unlike the poet's x C It establishes impossible expectations for adults from children 4x D It illustrates the child's fears that the D poet is exploring in the poem