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Oh, my god, float from the bottomless abyss until you sweep the sky higher and more violently!
For a long time, I greedily sought gifts from the earth for the sake of my soul eager to exercise.
For a long time, I wandered in the forests of the north. For a long time, I watched the waterfalls in niagara river.
I traveled all over the grassland and slept in the center of the grassland-I crossed the Sierra Nevada, I crossed the plateau,
I climbed the cliff near the Pacific Ocean, and I sailed to the sea.
I sail in the storm, and I am reborn in the storm;
I am happy to watch the rolling waves open the mouth of terrible engulfment;
I stared at the white waves soaring into the sky, spinning and rolling;
I heard the rustling wind, and I saw the dark clouds coming down;
I looked up at that thing that appeared in the sky, (ah, spectacular! Ah, just like my heart, it is so exciting and powerful! )
I heard the continuous thunder after lightning;
They stared at the long, thin and forked linear lightning, chasing each other and crossing the air in the sudden gallop and roar;
Watching all the global deterrent forces appear by my side;
My soul and I are enjoying ourselves-I enjoy myself contentedly, and I enjoy myself alone.
2
Ah, soul, great, this is the party you prepared for me!
Now we have to fill this hungry country;
Now we have to accept gifts that the mainland and the sea have never given;
We don't go through big forests, but through big cities;
Now there is some kind of torrent coming in, which is more turbulent than the torrent in niagara river;
That's the flow of people. (Are the water sources and streams in the northwest really endless? )
What is the significance of it compared with the roads and houses here? What's the point of those storms blowing into the mountains and rivers?
What does it mean compared with the enthusiasm I witnessed around today? Is the sea really furious?
Is the wind really blowing the flute of death when the dark clouds are on top?
Look! From the bottomless abyss, something more fierce and terrible appeared;
Manhattan, get up and walk forward with your horrible face-Chicago and Cincinnati have been liberated;
What are the waves I see on the ocean? Look, it's coming!
How boldly it climbed into the sky and strode forward with a deadly revenge! But I think what I heard in the dark was sad tears and deep sobs when the deafening riots subsided for a while. )
three
Democracy, thunder! Stride forward! Fight back with revenge!
Ah, dawn, ah, the city has climbed to an unprecedented height!
Ah, the storm! Roar harder and harder! You gave me a new life; My soul on standby in the mountains has absorbed the nutrients that keep you alive forever;
For a long time, I traveled all over the city, crossed the farm, and along the country road, I only enjoyed half of myself.
An annoying puzzle crawled at my feet like a crawling snake.
It crawls around in front of me, always looking back at me and hissing derisively;
I abandoned and left my beloved city-I stepped up my steps to find a suitable entity for me;
Eager, eager, eager to get the original vitality and the impulse of nature, I can only rely on it to regenerate, I can only understand its interest;
I waited for the flame in the cage to erupt-I waited for a long time at sea and in the air;
But now I'm not waiting, I'm satisfied, I've had enough,
I saw the real lightning with my own eyes, and I saw the charged capital with my own eyes;
I am lucky to live to see the boiling and bellicose America finally stand up;
From then on, I stopped looking for food in the wilderness in the north.
No longer roaming the mountains, no longer sailing in the stormy waves.
Two. Brief introduction of the author
Walter Altman (18 19- 1892)
The most democratic romantic poet in America. He comes from a civilian background and has strong democratic ideas. The collection of poems "Leaves of Grass" contains all his poems. Among them, the more famous poems are My own Song, I Hear America Singing, I Sing of a Charged Body, Song of an Axe and Pioneers! Ah, pioneers! 》。
Third, the theme of Leaves of Grass.
Praise democracy and freedom, and show the enterprising spirit of the booming America. Specifically, (1) celebrates the vitality of ordinary people and the creativity of laborers. Poetry is named "blade of grass" because it symbolizes ordinary and vigorous vitality. Therefore, there are no "tall and prominent figures in the old world hymns" in his poems, but ordinary farmers and workers who represent the future development forces. He is addicted to singing, not only singing mountains, rivers, seas and grasslands, but also singing locomotives, cables and threshers, which are the products of the new world and new era. (2) Oppose the shackles of Puritanism and sing "self". In his poems, he praised both the human spirit and the human body, both the laborers and prostitutes. The poet juxtaposes spirit and flesh, and passionately shows his life, desire, strength and holiness. Strong poems such as "I praise myself, praise myself" and "I praise the charged body" show the author's worship of life and confidence as the new owner of the new world, and are the representatives of optimism in the booming period of the United States. (3) Praise the heroes who fought for freedom, represented by President Lincoln, and think that they created the future of America. In art, Altman's poems are not bound by any laws, and each poem is written according to the development of emotion. Poetry moves forward freely like rolling waves, reflecting an era style of respecting freedom and fighting; In emotional expression, it opposes the affectation of poetic style, and all kinds of images (including some vulgar images) enter the poem, which is rough and unrestrained, vigorous and powerful; In language, it absorbs a large number of popular words, which are easy to understand. In a word, Altman's Leaves of Grass has promoted the innovation of poetry situation, so the poet is known as "the father of modern American poetry"
Fourth, the theme of "Oh, my God, floating from the bottomless abyss"
This is a famous poem, written during the American Civil War from 65438 to 0865, with the theme of praising democratic ideas and calling for fighting for democracy and justice. First, the poet hailed the arrival of "democracy". At the beginning of the poem, the poet called democracy "sunlight" and enthusiastically called on the light of democracy to "sweep the sky higher and more violently!" The poet wrote: He once traveled all over America in search of democracy. But only in the industrial cities in the north did we find that "he is coming". Therefore, the poet enthusiastically shouted: "democracy, thunder!" " ! Stride forward! "Secondly, the poet stood in the position of the north, with the help of lightning and storm (revolutionary war), warmly praised the just war and called for the early arrival of" democracy ". The poem reads: "Ah, the storm! Roar harder and harder! You gave me a new life. In addition, this poem also expresses the poet's firm belief in the victory of the revolution. At the end of this poem, there is such a poem: "I saw the real lightning with my own eyes, and I saw the charged capital with my own eyes;" "I am fortunate to live to see the boiling and bellicose America finally stand up; Since then, I have stopped looking for food in the wilderness in the north, roaming in the mountains, and sailing in stormy waves. "
The Artistic Features of verb (Verb)
This poem embodies the characteristics of free rhythm, unrestrained emotion and abundant strength in art, especially the poem calling for democracy and revolutionary storm with high enthusiasm, which can be compared with Gorky's poem calling for storm in the Song of Haiyan.