《草叶集》是美国十九世纪著名诗人沃尔特·惠特曼的集大成之作,它展现了一幅广阔的现实主义画面,同时也充满了浓郁的浪漫主义气息。汪洋恣肆、磅礴大气的惠特曼在诗中尽情讴歌民主与自由,以其勇于革新的精神、追求民主的执著和随心挥洒的诗句打破了当时诗坛沉闷僵死的气氛——其“自由体”令维多利亚式的读者颇感陌生与新鲜,其内容犹如一颗炸弹[1],而其中的性描写则无异于美国新时期的 “Leaves of Grass” is a masterpiece of American famous poet Walt Whitman in the 19th century. It shows a vast realism picture and is also full of rich romantic atmosphere. Outright, magnanimous Whitman in the poem enjoyment of democracy and freedom, with his courage in the spirit of reform, the pursuit of democratic dedication and heart-breaking verse broke the poetic dull atmosphere - the “freedom ”Victorian readers are quite strange and fresh, its contents like a bomb [1], but the sexual description is no different from the United States in the new era