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1、EnglishLanguageLiterature-LETRAS-Prof.DanielDerrelSantee-UFMS2008AMERICANPoetryinAmericaDespiteEdgarAllanPoehavingbeenthefirstgreatpoet,WaltWhitman,appearedtochallengesignificantandinfluentialRomanticAmericanpoet,andsignificantlyalterthetraditionalpract
2、iceofpo-earlyAmericanpoetryreceivedminimumattention.Itetry.Hewasfaraheadofhistimeintermsofpoeticexpresseditselfinatraditionalform,presentingeve-formandcontentandprofoundlyinfluencedtherydayfeelingsoflove,patriotism,andreligionandmoderndevelopmentofpoetr
3、yinAmericaaswellasdependinguponamechanicaluseofrhymeandme-inEurope.thter.Inthemiddleofthe19century,however,aWaltWhitman(1819~1892)BornnearHuntington,NewYork,rivercausedpoeticecstasiesofdelightovertheWhitmanwasthesecondchildofafamilyofrichnessofcommonman
4、'sways.ninechildren.Hisfatherwasacarpenter.TheWhitmanwasdelightedbytheuniquepoethadaparticularlycloserelationshipwithAmericandemocracy.HeportrayedAmericaashismother.Attheageoffour,hisfamilybeingthelandofgrandopportunityofthemovedtoBrooklyn,NewYork,where
5、hecommonmanandasaplaceforeachindividualattendedpublicschoolforsixyearsbeforetodevelophisfullcapacity.Therichnessoflifebeingapprenticedtoaprinter.TwoyearslaterhaddevelopedinAmericabyallowingallmenhewenttoNewYorkCitytoworkinprintingshops.toprosper.Heretur
6、nedtoLongIslandin1835andtaughtinTherefore,thecontentofWhitman'spoemscountryschools.In1838and1839Whitmaneditedawasnew-histhemesweredemocracy,individual-newspaper.Boredwiththejob,hereturnedtoNewism,thecommonman,andanyhumanactivity,noYorkCitytoworkasaprint
7、erandjournalist.Therehematterhowhumble.Whichheexpressedinnewenjoyedthetheater,theopera,andthelibraries.forms.Breakingwiththeelaboratevocabularyoftra-Whitmanwrotepoemsandstoriesforpopularmaga-ditionalpoetry,hewroteusingthedailyspeechofzinesandmadepolitic
8、alspeeches,forwhichhewaspeopleinthestreets.Heignoredmeterandconcen-rewardedwiththeeditorshipofvariousshort-livedtrateduponrhyme.However,thelastsyllableofeachnewspapers.Afterseveralyearsspentatvariousjobs,lineinmostofhispoemsdoesn
