This Dust Was Once the Man

This dust was once the man,
Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
Was saved the Union of these States

Walt Whitman

What is the word just most likely an allusion to?

Lincoln's career as a lawyer

Lincoln's death at war's end

Whitman's war reporting

Whitman's poem writing

Question

This Dust Was Once the Man

This dust was once the man,
Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
Was saved the Union of these States

Walt Whitman

What is the word just most likely an allusion to?

Lincoln's career as a lawyer

Lincoln's death at war's end

Whitman's war reporting

Whitman's poem writing

just_one_last_goodbye · Answer

im sure its not B

camerondoherty · Answer

idk lol

just_one_last_goodbye · Answer

What literary device does this poem include at the end of each line?

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Onomatopoeia

just_one_last_goodbye · Answer

@camerondoherty can u help with this?