1i celebrate myself, and sing myself,
and what i assume you shall assume,
for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

i loafe and invite my soul,
5i lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.

my tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air,
born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,
i, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,
hoping to cease not till death.

10creeds and schools in abeyance,
retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten,
i harbor for good or bad, i permit to speak at every hazard,
nature without check with original energy.

which would be a likely reason that someone might choose to read this text?

a) the reader needs directions on how to sing and make beautiful music.

b) the reader is mourning the loss of the close friend who has recently moved far away.

c) the reader wants to better understand his or her relationship to others and to nature.

d) none of these represent a probable personal reason that a reader might have for reading this particular text.