First, the introduction of grass leaves
Leaves of Grass, a collection of poems by American poet walt whitman, was first published in 1855.
Leaves of Grass is a romantic poetry collection with more than 300 poems. Poetry is magnificent, the atmosphere is flying, and Wang Yang is uninhibited; Create a unique free body with simple and rude language, which is close to spoken language and has a distinct rhythm.
Leaves of Grass is the masterpiece of Whitman, an American poet, and it is the first collection of poems with American national style and style in the history of American literature. It created a generation of poetic style and had a great influence on American poetic circles.
Two. Brief introduction of grass leaves
Leaves of Grass has a wide selection of materials and rich contents, which not only eulogizes American democracy and freedom, criticizes serfdom, but also enthusiastically praises the magnificent rivers and mountains and ordinary people in the United States. Generally speaking, Leaves of Grass embodies the "American spirit" of Whitman's era and is an American history recorded by Whitman in poetry.
Third, a brief introduction to free verse.
Free verse is a main form of China's modern new poetry. As the result of the May 4th literary revolution, it was closely related to the revolutionary changes of the content at that time, and the poetic form was liberated from the rigid meter of China's old-style poems.
Fourth, the creative background of Leaves of Grass
Whitman's poetry collection Leaves of Grass was first published in 1855, when only twelve poems were collected. Later, it was constantly supplemented. By the last edition before his death, nearly 400 poems had been collected. He named his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, because Leaves of Grass represent the most ordinary Americans living at the bottom.
Fifth, the artistic features of Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass also has great innovation in artistic form. The poet broke the long-standing format of American poetry and created a "free body" poetic form. In the structure of poetry, poets use a lot of forms such as overlapping sentences, arranging sentences, long sentences and compound sentence.
Symbols, metaphors and other techniques are widely used, and some common sayings are absorbed, with rich expressive force and eloquent style. Poetry is sincere and enthusiastic, and its style is bold and fresh. It makes people sad after reading it.