Chapter 39 walt whitman

Now, only Walt Whitman remained.The reason why he is put at the end is because from his work, we finally find the pure American spirit without European influence.It is a work of great significance.I warned you at the outset that I would only recommend books that are enjoyable, so now I have to tell you that few poets have written as much poetry as Whitman.I think many books are popular with readers because the critics make them too perfect.But perfection does not exist in this world, and most of the advantages are obtained at the expense of disadvantages.It is better for the reader to know what to expect.Otherwise, he will blame himself when he finds himself at odds with those who sing their praises.But in fact, the parts he cannot appreciate are not of much value in themselves.Whitman is a brilliant writer from the beginning, but maybe because his writing path is too smooth, or maybe because he is too intoxicated with his own redundant words, he often still babbles when he has nothing to write. stop.You have to admit it.Whitman's poems are partly in the rhythmic language of the Bible, partly in the blank verse of the seventeenth century, and partly in the rough, flat, unsounding prose.You also have to admit that.Although these shortcomings are a pity, they are innocuous and can be easily swept away.It is a book that can be read from any page.You can read for as long as you want, close the pages when you are tired, and open a random page next time to continue reading.Whitman could write pure and lovely verse as well as sentences that shook the soul, and often he had sudden bursts of inspiration that were wonderfully moving.It goes without saying that Whitman is the most inspiring poet.He was full of life, with a keen sense for life's intricacies, its passion and beauty, its exhilaration.Americans can generously and proudly view these traits as quintessentially American.He let ordinary people understand what poetry is. He told the world that poetry does not have to be born in the moonlight, on ruined walls or in the sorrow of a lovesick girl. Poetry can also be born in neighborhoods, trains, etc. On the boat, in the steamboat, in the hard work of craftsmen, and in the ordinary toil of peasant women, they exist in every moment of life.In short, poetry exists in every corner of life.Just as Wordsworth told the world that it is not necessary to use poetic language to write poems, but also to write poems in simple words and phrases of daily life, Whitman told us that we do not have to find poetry in romantic legends. The subject matter of poetry can also be inspired by bits and pieces of daily life.There is no escape in his poetry, only acceptance.After every American reads Whitman's poems, he will be moved by his country's vast territory, rich materials and bright future.I think it was Whitman who made American literature aware of itself.His poems are full of masculinity, they are democratic poems, they are a true call to a new country, and they are the solid foundation of a country's literature.In European museums, the genealogy of the Jesse family is often shown as a big tree, Adam is a solid and huge trunk, and the branches are divided into the twelve patriarchs of Israel and David, the king of Israel.If we also make a family tree for American literature, then the branched branches are O. Henry, Lin Lardner, Theodore Dreiser, Sinclair Lewis, Willa Cather, Robert Frost, Vachel Lindsay, Eugene O'Neill and Edwin Arlington Robinson, while Trunks deservedly belongs to the brilliant, fearless and inventive Walt Whitman.