Appreciation of Whitman's "I Keep Searching" Appreciation of "I Keep Searching"

As a poet who pioneered the free style, Whitman’s works are free and unrestrained, and they can stretch freely. They have the momentum to spread thousands of miles and the capacity to accommodate all things. This song "I Keep Searching" is a song about self-analysis. , a poem about the meaning of life and understanding of the world. When reading this kind of poetry, we need to feel Whitman’s purest love for life.

The title "I Keep Exploring" has a certain meaning among Chinese people. The inner spirit of "the road is long and long, I will search up and down". According to the guidance of the poem's content, the poet once searched for it from history, but also in fables, stories, and books. But the meaning of life is not there In those places, the real meaning of life lies in reality and needs to be discovered by oneself, as the poet wrote in "Song of My Own":

You will never start the second or third hand again. You will not accept things through the eyes of the dead

or draw nourishment from the ghosts in books.

You will not observe through my eyes or through me. And by accepting things,

you will listen to all aspects and filter everything yourself.

The second nature of poetry is to concretize and outline the meaning of life, from life to nationality. The exchanges are everywhere. The recognition of personal value is also the praise of collective personality. The masses are the theme of all themes...

"I keep exploring"

Author: Whitman

I have constantly explored the meaning of life,

I have sought the enlightenment of history for myself,

I have pursued beauty. Song, today I finally found you;

You are not among those fables, stories, and ancient books,

(I was half-convinced about them)

You are right in front of me, in this real world.

For many years, people have been talking about the word democracy. To you,

You are in the ordinary lives of ordinary men and women,

From different languages, customs, to literature and art,

everywhere With your existence, from political beliefs to mechanical boats,

from constant creation and invention, to inter-ethnic communication;

Everything must be for the living people,

The masses are the theme of all themes.