The early lilacs became part of this child»/And grass and white and red morning- glories, and white and red clover,and the song of the phoebe-bird,/And the Third-month lambs and the sow's pink-faint litter, and the mare's foal and the cows calf ./And the noisy brood of the barnyard or by the mire of the pond-side,/And the fish suspending themselves so curiously below there, and the beautiful curious liquid• And the waterplants with their graceful flat heads,all became part of him.
Questions：
A.Name the author of the poem.
B.What is the poetic style called?
C.What does the passage describe?
【正确答案】：A. Walt Whitman.
B.Free verse.
C.The passage describes the growth of a child who is wandering and admiring the scene around him. In the poem, the early experience of the poet may well be identified with the early days of a young and growing America.（P452）
