It seemed really difficult for me to grasp the main idea of the preface to Leaves of Grass. It was still a little bit confusing, although we talked a lot about that in the class. However, I will still try to write down my personal understandings of this article.
In the first there paragraph, Walt Whitman indicates that the American are the best poets, and even the united states themselves are the greatest poem. They have different ethnic people, grand natural views, and wealthy lands. So in this circumstance, the literature of America is different from other countries. And at the same time, the spirit of America is so valuable that should be respected, and cannot be learnt easily from the books or the college; it is reflected by the common people.
