Who is listed as the author of "Song of the Chattahoochee"?

• A. James Fenimore Cooper
• B. Phillis Wheatley
• C. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• D. Sidney Lanier

Answer: (D)

You’re being asked to identify the author of Song of the Chattahoochee. The poem is by Sidney Lanier, a 19th‑century Southern poet from Georgia who (often) celebrated Southern landscapes and musicality in verse. The piece presents the Chattahoochee as a living, singing river, using rhythmic, lyric language that reflects Lanier’s interest in blending music and poetry. This Georgia‑river focus is characteristic of his work, setting him apart from the other authors listed. James Fenimore Cooper wrote frontier novels, Phillis Wheatley was an 18th‑century poet, and Ralph Waldo Emerson was a transcendentalist essayist and poet. Because Song of the Chattahoochee aligns with Lanier’s Georgia regional lyric tradition, Sidney Lanier is the correct author.