《草叶集》是华尔特·惠特曼一生唯一的诗集,也是美国诗歌史上的一部诗歌经典。初版《草叶集》很薄,只有95页,包括一篇序和12首诗,卷头有一幅惠特曼的铜版像:一个普普通通年轻的劳动者,身穿法兰绒敞口衬衫、头上斜戴宽边呢帽、嘴上蓄有短须,右手放在腰间,左手插在裤袋里,漫不经心地站在那里(就是在今天的流行时尚中,惠特曼也够“酷”了)——这样的形象很能代表他的这部诗集的风格:年轻,有朝气,粗犷,有那么一点肆无忌惮,有那么一种自信。 “Leaves of Grass” is Walt Whitman’s only poetry throughout his life, but also a classic poetry in the history of American poetry. The first edition of Grass Leaves was thin, only 95 pages, including an order and 12 poems, with a Whitman copperplate on the scroll: an ordinary young laborer wearing a flannel open shirt , Wearing a broad-brimmed hat on his head, his mouth short, his right hand on his waist, his left hand in his pocket, standing carelessly (that is, in today’s fashion, Whitman is enough “Cool”) - this image is very representative of his style of this collection of poems: young, energetic, rough, so a little unscrupulous, so confident.