English Poetry Suitable for Stylistic Analysis

In western poetry, roses, nightingales or larks are often used as symbols to express a kind of connotation, but Whitman has no interest in using traditional images or symbols that have long been used to flooding. Perhaps he was inspired by the image of leaves that was accepted by readers at that time. He only chose ordinary blue grass leaves and gave them multiple meanings with numerous poems with unique personality, conveying his ordinary and equal ideas, thus shaping a new image. Ordinary Grass is also a portrayal of Whitman's humble family background. He worked hard, and in his youth, he broadened his political horizons by reading the historical novels of Scottish novelist Walter Scott, the political works of British fantasy socialist robert owen, American female social reformer Francis Wright, and American political critic bourgeois national Thomas Paine, which laid the foundation for his later publication, editing and running a newspaper. During the period of running a newspaper, he wrote a lot of political articles and literary comments on social reform and became a radical democrat. On the outside, he seems to be a slovenly and uneducated person, who often makes hair! A vulgar cry! In fact, he is already a conscious social and political participant and an active intervener in life. In addition, during the civil war that broke out in 186 1, he conducted 600 interviews in hospitals, military camps and battlefields in three years and contacted 80,000 to 60,000 patients. It is not difficult to see that his selfless contributions are consistent with his understanding of Leaves of Grass. The blade of grass is very small and ordinary, and it has its own unique behavior. Therefore, choosing grass is not only a portrayal of the poet's personal experience, but also shows his concern for the lives of ordinary people. However, his way of expressing ideas was bitterly ridiculed by conservative writers, and even Emerson could not escape this fate. For example, in the anonymous article of 1860 Boston Post, "More Confused by Bitz wittenberg": "Grass is an educational toy given to them by God to maintain the health of his life. Its name should not be used, and it becomes stale and dirty on the leaves of those poisonous plants (selfish, arrogant and lustful with power)! . . . In this regard, the most generous conclusion we can get is that Whitman's Leaves of Grass and Emerson's praise have a common root, that is, temporary madness. "Its spicy degree can be inferred. However, he was not defeated, but realized a more profound thought from this ordinary niche: "This smallest bacterium shows that there is no death in the world. Even if there is death, it also causes life, and it will not wait until the end to strangle life. Once life appears, death will end."