Walter. Walt Whitman (May 3 1,1819-March 26th, 1892) was born in Long Island, new york. He is a famous American poet and humanist, and once wrote free verse. His masterpiece is the collection of poems of leaves of grass.
Walter. A brief introduction to Whitman's life
Poet. On May 3,1,18 19 was born in Long Island. My father worked as a farmer, and the poor moved to Brooklyn to be carpenters and build houses. He is interested in the imagination of Paine, a composer of socialist thinkers and democratic thinkers. Whitman studied in public schools and served as a rural teacher; I also had messengers in my childhood and studied printing. Later, I worked in a newspaper and became an editor. He likes to walk, meditate and appreciate the beauty of nature; But he prefers cities and streets, likes opera, dance and speeches, and likes reading Homer, Greek tragedies, Dante and Shakespeare. From February 1846 to February 1 month 1848, he was the editor of Brooklyn Eagle. 1848 went to New Orleans to edit newspapers, and soon returned to Brooklyn. Five or six years later, he helped his old father build a house, run a small bookstore and a small printing house, and wandered freely; And teenagers, like boatmen, navigators, coachmen, mechanics, fishermen, handyman and so on. Make friends.
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1855 The first edition of Leaves of Grass published 12 poems, and finally the ninth edition published 383 poems. The longest one is the poem that was later called "my own song". Total 1336 lines. The content of this poem almost includes the main ideas of the author's life, and it is one of the most important poems of the author. The poem mentions the blade of grass many times: the blade of grass symbolizes all ordinary things and ordinary people. This epic is generally cold, and only Emerson wrote a warm letter to the poet. Whitman was greatly encouraged by this letter.
Grass Collection is the most important work in Whitman's poetry. It is named after the concentration of such a poem: "Where there is soil, there is water, and there is grass." The poem in the poem is like the grass on the American land, full of vitality and emitting attractive fragrance. They are world-famous masterpieces and create a new era of American national poetry. The author made bold innovations in the form of poetry, creating a "free-body" poetic form, which broke the traditional rules of poetry and the rhythm based on sentences. The rhythm was free and unrestrained, and Wang Yang was unrestrained and relaxed, with an all-encompassing momentum and capacity.
1856, the second edition of Leaves of Grass published 32 poems. Walking all the way through Brooklyn Ferry is one of the poet's best works. In addition, Song and Song of the Road are also famous.
1859, Saturday Weekly published Whitman's excellent lyrics "From the Never-ending Swing in the Cradle" on the Christmas issue, which is an ode to love and death. The second year should be published in Boston. Please print the third edition of Leaves of Grass. This poem is "officially published" for the first time. There are 124 new poems, including From the Never-ending Cradle and three groups of poems named Song of Democracy, Descendants of Adam and Reed respectively.
Time of war
During the American Civil War, Whitman, as a staunch democracy fighter, showed profound humanitarian character. When the war intensified, he took the initiative to work as a nurse in Washington, D.C., nursing injured soldiers all day, and his health was seriously damaged. His life is very hard. By copying dates, he saved money on the sick and the wounded. He worked as a nurse for nearly two years and approached about 100000 soldiers. Many people kept in touch with him later.
Postwar life
After the war, Whitman was appointed as a clerk in the Indian Affairs Office of the Ministry of the Interior. Soon the minister found out that he was the author of Leaves of Grass and dismissed him. Later, he served in the Attorney General's office for eight years. As a result of training in the civil war, he gained experience and improved his political thought, and his creation entered a new stage. 1865, Whitman printed his collection of poems in the late civil war at his own expense in new york, in which 53 new poems were received. A few months later, he published a sequel, including Lincoln's famous "Lilacs bloom in the yard recently."
Walter. The fourth edition of Whitman's Works Leaves of Grass published by 1867 contains only eight new poems, but it includes Drum Collection and its sequel. It is worth noting that the long article published in 187 1 Democratic Vision summarizes the author's literary and political views.
The fifth edition of Leaves of Grass, 187 1, 1872 is printed once.
The first income 13 new poems, the second income is generally recognized as the poet's last important long poem "The Road to India" and several new poems. 1873 1 month Whitman suffered from paralysis and his writing ability was suppressed. But his optimism, love and sensitivity to life, and his ideal of democracy will never die. He was depressed in his later years. Apart from preparing several editions, he occasionally wrote some poems. 1876, the 6th edition of Leaves of Grass was published to commemorate the100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This is a collection of essays, including two volumes. The first volume is the content of the fifth edition. The second volume is named "Two Streams", including essays, 18 new poems, "The Road to India" and poems, which are often abstract. The text of the seventh edition of Leaves of Grass (188 1- 1882), the title and arrangement order of each poem have been finalized, and 20 new poems have been received in this edition. Whitman continued to write poems until 1892.
1882 The poet published his collection of essays "Typical Days", including the article "Democratic Vision". It was published in 1888 "November" and included 62 new poems and some articles. Later, it was collected in the 8th edition of Leaves of Grass (1889) and became Selected Poems. 189 1 Philadelphia's publishing house published Whitman's new work, Goodbye, My Fantasy, where the poems became Leaves of Grass and Poems. 9 (1892), including Poetry, Seventy Years, Two Poems Attached, Goodbye, My Fantasy. After the poet's death, he wrote poems "Echoes of Old Age" and "Poems with the Same Poetry". See 1897 to 1898. After collection, the whole collection will also be collected. The Universal Anthology after 1898 is the so-called "dying edition", which is the ninth edition published by 1892.