“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. ”
(From Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself)
Questions:
A.Who does “myself ” refer to?
B.How do you understand the line “I loafe and invite my soul” ?
C.What does “a spear of summer grass” symbolize?
A."Myself" refers to the poet himself, an individual and American nationality.
B.This line indicates a separation of the body and the soul, the physical and the spiritual.
C."A spear of summer grass" is a symbol of energy, hope and youth.
