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Songofmyself(TheYankee…toherfeet)1.ThethemeofthepoemInthispart,atfirst,thepoetcatchesabeautifulsceneofa“Yankeeclipper”,andtheninterruptedbyboatmantogoand“haveagoodtime”around“chowder-kettle”.Atlast,people’shappiness,casualtyandbeautyinaweddingisvividlydescribed.Basedonthecontextandourgroupdiscussion,webelievethethemeofthispoemliesinitspositiveattitudetowardslifeandappreciationlife’sbeauty.2.Thepoet’sattitudeandfeelingandoursAfterthegrouptalkweagreethatthepoemisinahappy,joyousandleisuremood,andthepoetisfullofpassionandhappinessintermsofhumanlifeandharmoniousrelationships.Weareimpressedbythepoet’sactiveandpassionateattitude.Theword“sparkleandscud”jumpintooureyes,bywhichwealmosthearthecrispcutsoundandseetheshinningofthescissors.Thesetwowordsmakethislinealivebyofferingusasensiblepicture.3.SocialreferencewethinkthispoemmainlybasedonWhitman’sownexperienceinthewildvastWestfrontierofAmerica.Fromthispoem’scontestit’snothardtofindthatWhitman’switnessofthefreeandcasualwayofpeople’slifecontributedtothispoem.4.LanguageThispoemiswritteninbankverse,theuniqueformofWhitman’spoem.It’sfreeformpulsingtheplainwordsmakethispoemeasytounderstand.Whitmanalsoemploysafactualtone,astraightforwardwaywhenhedescribesthe“Yankeeclipper”,theparty,andpeoplewhoaregoingtohaveawedding.Iheardaflybuzz---whenIdie---1.ThemeofthepoemThepoetdescribedwhatI’llgothrough“whenIdie”.Thepoet“heardaflybuzz”,wonderingsheisseeingGod,flashingbackwhatshehadbeenthroughandgraduallydying.2.AttitudeandfeelingIntermoffacingdeath,thepoetstayssoberandcalmandtreatsdeathassomethingtrivial.Astillandsilentenvironmentiscreated.wecanfeelthisfrom“hearabuzz”and“breathsweregatheringfirm”.Thepoetdieswithoutanycompanysuggestingalonelyatmosphere.Theline“TheEyesaround---hadwrungthemdry---AndBreathsweregatheringfirm”impressmethemost.Itgivesmedetaileddescriptiononthepoet’sdeathslowlyandsurely.Theprocessfromlivetodeathseemsbeingstretched,whichmademeterrifiedandsadinaway.3RhythmThispoemhas4stanzasandeachstanzahas4lines.TherhymeschemeisABCB,withtrimesterandtetrameteriambiclines.4languageThepoemiswritteninuniqueEmilyDickinson’sstyle:frequentuseofdash,Capitalizationandoff-rhymesthatcouldbefoundeverywhereinthepoem.Thedashistheonlypunctuationused,whichsavetimeforreaderstopause,feelandthink.Capitalizationobviouslystressedtheimportanceandfeelingofthewordslike“Fly”“Heaves”“Keepsakes”and“Windows”.Onomatopoeiacouldalsobefound.The“buzz”isthesoundof“aflyIheardwhenIdied”.Thepoetemploysreligiouslanguagewhenshesaid“theKing”,whoisGod.Shealsousessymboliclanguage.Theflyisasymbolofhertrivialdeath.Andasshementioned“myKeepsakes”,whatshehadbeenthroughinherwholelifeflashbackinfrontofhereyes.