Use the excerpt to answer the question.
based on this excerpt, why is whitman's poem considered an example of
transcendental poetry?
a. it promotes celebration and singing.
b. it calls for unity by noting that people assume the same things.
c. it emphasizes the self and individuality,
d. it points out that people are scientific beings made of atoms.

Whitman's poem is considered an example of transcendental poetry because it emphasizes the self and individuality.  

Option C

Explanation:

Walt Whitman was one of the most influential transcendental poets of his time. His poems spoke about his realisation of what he called the being.Before the emergence of Whitman and the discipline of transcendentalism, poets and their poems lacked imaginative descriptions of the unreal.Walt Whitman is recognised as the pioneer of free verse by many working in the field of literature.