惠特曼和迪金森.ppt

Walt Whitman  Leaves of Grass 《草叶集》 Walt Whitman Born: 31 May 1819 Birthplace: Long Island, New York Died: 26 March 1892 Best Known As: The poet who wrote Leaves of Grass 2. Leaves of Grass  Leaves of Grass《草叶集》（totally nine editions and last edition includes more than 400 poems） 2. Leaves of Grass First published in 1855 with only twelve poems, it was greeted by Ralph Waldo Emerson as the wonderful gift . . . the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed. 2. Leaves of Grass His poems have been woven into the very fabric of the American character. From his solemn masterpieces When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomd and Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking to the joyous freedom of Song of Myself, I Sing the Body Electric, and Song of the Open Road, Whitmans work lives on, an inspiration to the poets of later generations. 2. Leaves of Grass Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as disgraceful. Ralph Waldo Emerson found it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced.. 2. Leaves of Grass 1) He extols the ideals of equality and democracy and celebrates the dignity, the self-reliant spirit and the joy of the common man. 2) major topics--- man nature 3) themes--- individual freedom; equality; democracy 2. Leaves of Grass 4) employing “free verse” (a kind of poetry that doesn’t conform to any regular metre and rhyme) as the form of his poems with two characteristics: parallelism and phonetic recurrence 2. Leaves of Grass * What is the difference between free verse and blank verse? (blank verse has no rhyme, but it should be iambic pentameter)5) frankness of the commonplace and the ugly sides in human life 2. Leaves of Grass 6) direct, plain and even vulgar language7) “untold latencies” (his poetry suggests rather than tells)8) great influence on the 20th century American poets 3. Emerson’s influence upon Wh