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

This Dust Was Once the ManThis 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 StatesWalt WhitmanWhat can you interpret from the title and first line of the poem?

 Whitman wrote it to be his own death announcement.  ITS NOT THIS ONEWhitman wrote it years after the death of Lincoln. Whitman believes no one remembers his work. Whitman believes no one remembers Lincoln.