There was a child went forth every day,And the first object he l

There was a child went forth every day,And the first object he look'd upon,that object he became...
Questions：
A.Who is the author of the poem?
B.What does "child” refer to?
C.What is the main idea of the poem?
【正确答案】：A. Walt Whitman.
B.Firstly,it was the poet himself as a boy. Secondly.it was the young growing America.
C.The poet uses his childhood experience of growing up and learning about the world around him to imply that young America will grow and develop like that.（P452）