In the context of the poem, what does the word blithe most likely mean?
I Hear America Singing
by Walt Whitman
A. arrogant and focused
B. satisfied and confident
C. complacent and apathetic
D. flery and volatile
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I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe
and strong
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off
work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the
deckhand
singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter
singing as he stands,
The wood-cutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the
morning, or
at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at