I Hear America Singing英文诗歌鉴赏.pptVIP

I Hear America Singing;American poet, essayist ,journalist, and humanist The father of free verse Main article: Leaves of Grass ; Whitman wrote in the preface to the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it. ;A fluid form which conforms to no set rules of traditional versification. The free in free verse refers to the freedom from fixed patterns of meter and rhyme, but writers of free verse employ familiar poetic devices such as assonance, alliteration, imagery, caesura, figures of speech, etc., and their rhythmic effects are dependent on the syllabic cadences emerging from the text. The term is often uesd in its French language form, vers libre.;My reflection each person is important to socisity. each person is needed for the various trades that make the country run smoothly.;I Hear America Singing;;Appreciation;;;;