I have given up my own flight, a wide circle.
Eagle, seagull, can possess me more than canary or mockingbird,
I don't feel vibrato and vibrato, no matter how sweet,
I feel the fear of freedom, power, happiness and passion. I don't want to compete with singing birds;
I am eager to fly high in the vast sky.
It was the eagle and the seagull that deeply touched my heart.
That canary and robin are by no means my ideal.
I, not used to singing softly with sweet vibrato,
I want freedom, happiness, strength and will.
Spread your wings and fly. 18 19, Whitman was born in a farmhouse near South Huntington, Long Island. He ranks second among nine brothers and sisters. From 65438 to 0823, the Whitman family moved to Brooklyn, new york. Whitman went to school for only six years, and then began to work as an apprentice in a printing factory. Whitman is basically self-taught, and especially likes reading Homer, Dante and Shakespeare.
After two years as an apprentice, Whitman moved to new york City and began to work in different printing plants. /kloc-returned to Long Island in 0/835 and taught in a rural school. From 1838 to 1839, he ran a newspaper called Long Island People in his hometown. He taught until 184 1, and then he returned to new york and became a journalist. He also works as a freelance writer or gives political speeches in some mainstream magazines.
Whitman's political speech attracted the attention of Tammany Society, and they made him the editor of some newspapers, but none of them worked for long. During his two years as an influential newspaper, Brooklyn Eagle, the split within the Democratic Party led him to leave. After his attempt to run a newspaper for freeland failed, he began to wander in different studios. From 184 1 to 1859, he edited 1 newspaper in New Orleans, 2 newspapers in new york and 4 newspapers in Long Island. When he was in New Orleans, he witnessed the slave auction-it was very common at that time. At this time, Whitman began to concentrate on writing poetry.
65438+1940s is the first harvest period of Whitman's long-term works: 184 1 year, he published some short stories, and a year later, he published the novel Franklin Evans in new york. The first edition of Leaves of Grass was published by him at his own expense. Published in 1855, also the year of his father's death. However, our poetry collection consists of 12 untitled long poems. A year later, the second edition of Leaves of Grass was published together with Emerson's congratulatory letter. The second edition has 20 groups of poems. Emerson has been expecting a new American poet, and now he has found it in Leaves of Grass.
After the American Civil War, Whitman worked as a clerk in the Ministry of the Interior, but when James Harlan, then Minister of the Interior, found out that he was the author of Leaves of Grass, he fired Whitman.
By the seventh edition of 188 1, this edition of poetry has been selling well because of its rising popularity. The income from poetry collection enabled Whitman to buy a house in Camden, new york.
Whitman died on1March 26th, 892. He was buried in Harlem cemetery, under a tombstone designed by himself.