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1、WaltWhitman(1819–1892)WaltWhitman(1819–1892)Americanpoet,essayist,journalist,andhumanistApartofthetransitionbetweenTranscendentalismandRealismThefatheroffreeverseLifeandCareerBornin1819onLongIsland,NewYorkPoor&Semiliterate(半文盲的）parents,only5-6yearsformaleducation,self-educatedWorkedas
2、officeboy,printingworker,schoolteacher(1836),free-lancewriterWhitman’sbirthplaceFreeverseisaformofpoetrythatrefrainsfrommeterpatterns,rhyme,oranyothermusicalpattern.Althoughfreeverserequiresnometer,rhyme,orothertraditionalpoetictechniques,apoetcanstillutilizethemtocreatesomesenseofstr
3、ucture.Forexample,WaltWhitmanrepeatscertainphrasesandusescommastocreatebotharhythmandstructure.LifeandCareerIn1842hewaseditoroftheAurora[ɔ:'rɔ:rə]andfrom1846to1848hewaseditoroftheBrooklynEagleSupportedslaveryabolishing,dismissedfromhisjobServedasavolunteernurseduringtheCivilWarDiedin1
4、892,unmarriedallhislifeWhitman’srestingplaceMajorWorksofWhitmanLeavesofGrass草叶集Drum-Taps桴鼓集SongofMyself自我之歌ISitandLookOut坐观世间OCaptain,MyCaptain!船长，我的船长WhenLilacsLastintheDooryardBloom’d最近紫丁香在庭院里开放的时候IhearAmericaSinging我听见美国在歌唱LeavesofGrass草叶集Firstpublishedin1855withonly12poemsNineedit
5、ionsandlasteditionincludesmorethan400poemsCelebratestheidealsofequality,democracy,thedignity,self-reliantspiritandjoyofcommonpeopleGrass---themostcommonthingwiththegreatestvitality,asasymboloftherisingAmericanWaltWhitman’sContributionHebelievestheAmericanpoetswouldcreatebothnewformsan
6、dnewsubjectsmatterforpoetry.Intermsofpoeticform,headvocatedacompletelynewandcompletelyAmericanformofexpression----freeverse.Intermsofcontents,mostofhispoemsareaboutmanandnature,especiallycommonpeopleandordinaryAmericans.HewantedhispoetrytobeforthecommonpeopleMajorThemesinHisPoetryEqua
7、lityofthingsandbeingsDivinityofeverythingMultiplicityofnatureSelf-reliantspiritDeath,beautyofdeathExpansionofAmericaBrotherhoodandsocialsolidarity(unityofnationsintheworld)PursuitofloveandhappinessFeaturesofWhitman’spoetryTheuseofacertainpronoun“I”TwoprinciplesParallelismorarhymeoftho
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