Who does “myself ” refer to?
Reading Comprehension
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.
"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)
Who does “myself ” refer to?
【正确答案】:

“MYSELF” REFERS TO THE POET HIMSELF, AN INDIVIDUAL AND AMERICAN NATIONALITY. 


【题目解析】:这首诗内涵深广,气象恢宏。表面上好似诗人仅在凸显自己,实际上诗人在借用"自己"二字,表现一个大"我",即改造大自然、开放新大陆、建设新大陆的美国广大劳动群众,歌颂的是19世纪美国的民主代表,张扬的是自由、开放的个性。因而诗中的"自己"被赋予了两重性,一是具体的我,二是象征性的群体的"我","自己"是一个综合形象。诗人置身于劳动者之中,诗中的"自己",也是美国式"新人"的形象。
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