Leaves of Grass is a romantic poetry collection by the 19th-century American writer Whitman. It contains more than 300 poems. The collection of poems is named after a poem in the collection: "Where are the poems?" Where there is soil and water, grass grows."
Grass blades are the most common and vital things, symbolizing the booming United States at that time. The collection of poems passionately praises the United States during the rise of capitalism through "self" feelings and "self" images.
Whitman loved democracy and freedom since he was a child. He only read books for five or six years and went out to make a living in his teens. He worked as a typesetter, carpenter, plasterer, rural teacher and editor. Whitman was diligent and studious, and spent his spare time reading a large number of world literary masterpieces. He began writing poetry in the 1840s and published the first edition of "Leaves of Grass" in 1855. He said in a letter to a friend: "Remember, this book sprang from my life in Brooklyn from 1838 to 1853, and absorbed into it the lives of millions of individuals and fifteen years. "That kind of intimacy, that kind of enthusiasm, that kind of intoxication is simply unparalleled."
"Leaves of Grass" is the summary of Whitman's life creation and a brilliant milestone in the history of American poetry. The work contains rich and profound ideological content and fully reflects the spirit of the times in the United States in the mid-19th century. The poet eulogized the "land of democracy" in the United States from a radical bourgeois democratic standpoint:
There were no slaves and no masters of slaves.
The people there immediately rose up in opposition. The endless misdeeds of the chosen,
where men and women bravely rush to the call of death, like the roaring waves of the sea,
where external power always follows internal After rights,
where citizens are always minds and ideals, and presidents, mayors, and governors are just paid hirelings,
where children are taught to govern themselves, and to Rely on yourself,
Where incidents are always resolved calmly,
Where spiritual exploration is encouraged,
Where women parade openly in the streets, as do men Same,
where they go to public gatherings and get seats just like men.
In "Leaves of Grass" there is a pantheistic praise of nature and self. Pantheism is the worship of nature and taking all natural creatures as gods; the poem vigorously praises the magnificence and beauty of nature. Magic and greatness:
Climbing high mountains, I climbed up carefully, holding the thin branches that resisted the weight,
walking through the grass-covered streets with the gentle swaying leaves. Trails,
where quails chirp between wheat fields and woods,
where bats fly in the July dusk, where giant scarabs land in the dark,
The stream there flows from the roots of the old trees to the grass.
Leaves of Grass is a grass that grows all over the American land, always vibrant and exuding an alluring fragrance. It is a world-famous masterpiece and ushered in a new era of American national poetry. The author has made bold innovations in the form of poetry, creating a "free style" poetry form, breaking the traditional poetry rhythm, using broken sentences as the basis of rhyme, the rhythm is free and unrestrained, unbridled, and relaxed, with the momentum and endlessness of a thousand miles. Capacity not included.