Leaves of Grass has also made great innovations in artistic form, and the poet broke the long-established format of American poetry and created a "free-style" poetic form. Most of his poems have no rhyme, but often use pauses and internal rhymes in each line to form melodies. Segmentation in poetry is not based on rhythm, but mainly on completeness in meaning. Therefore, two lines, several lines, or dozens of lines can freely become a paragraph. The poem has obvious jumping. In terms of verse structure, the poet uses a large number of forms such as sentence selection, sentence arrangement, long sentences, parallel sentences, etc., and widely uses symbols, metaphors and other techniques, and absorbs some common sayings, which has rich expressive force and strong distinguishing style. Poems are sincere and passionate, with bold and fresh style, which makes people feel sad after reading them.
Whitman once said in a letter to a friend: "Remember, this book (Leaves of Grass) emerged from my life in Brooklyn from 1838 to 1853, which absorbed millions of people and fifteen years of life; That kind of intimacy, that kind of enthusiasm, that kind of intoxication is simply unparalleled. "
Leaves of Grass ushered in a new era of American national poetry. The author has made bold innovations in poetic form, creating a "free-body" poetic form, breaking the traditional poetic rhythm, and taking punctuation as the basis of rhythm. The rhythm is free and unrestrained, and Wang Yang is unrestrained and unconstrained, with a sweeping momentum and all-encompassing capacity.
Leaves of Grass is a collection of Whitman's life's creations, and it is also a brilliant milestone in the history of American poetry. The work contains rich and profound ideological content, which fully reflects the American spirit of the times in the mid-19th century.