1. How does Whitman define grass in poem 31?

Whitman refers to the grass as a “handkerchief of the Lord” (5) and he implies that the grass is a reminder of God. He also refers to the grass as “a child, the produced babe of vegetation” (5). The grass appears, here, as a metaphor embodying the birth of a child and representing a new life

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the central idea of the above passage is following;

central idea: cultural study is very important specially archaeology. grimm's stories very well cater to the importance of cultural relevance.

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quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.