All of the following statements are true of Walt Whitman, except which one?
A. The prevailing themes in Whitman's poetry are nationalism and democracy
B. Whitman's poems celebrate ordinary people and sympathize with marginal men and women, such as felons and prostitutes
C. The first edition of Whitman's Leaves of Grass was met with great enthusiasm and acclaim for its freewheeling verse, overt sexuality, and celebration of the diversity of America
D. Whitman's essays and poems assert his affection for the American landscape and its diverse human inhabitants: male and female, black and white, heterosexual and homosexual
Ans: C. The first edition of Whitman's Leaves of Grass was met with great enthusiasm and acclaim for its freewheeling verse, overt sexuality, and celebration of the diversity of America
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