“My tongue，every atom of my blood，form’d from this soil，this air,
Born here of parents born here from parents the same，and their parents the same，
I，now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin，
Hoping to cease not till death”
Quest

“My tongue，every atom of my blood，form’d from this soil，this air,
Born here of parents born here from parents the same，and their parents the same，
I，now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin，
Hoping to cease not till death”
Questions：
A.Identify the poet and the poem from which the quoted lines are taken.
B.What do “soil” and “air” represent in the first line?
C.What does the poet try to say in the above four lines?

A.Walt Whitman,"Song of Mysell;
B.His native land, America or His country:
C.I was born and nurtured by this land and shuall from now on devote my whole life to the country.