| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第14-38页 |
| ·Origin and Development of Metaphor | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approaches to Metaphor | 第17-38页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第18-25页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration Theory | 第25-31页 |
| ·The Comparison between CMT and CIT | 第31-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Metaphor Analysis of Whitman's Poetry Based on CMT | 第38-50页 |
| ·Walt Whitman and His Leaves of Grass | 第38-42页 |
| ·Whitman's Writing Style and Artistic Characteristics | 第42-44页 |
| ·Structural Metaphors in Whitman's Poetry | 第44-45页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphors in Whitman's Poetry | 第45-46页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphors in Whitman's Poetry | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter 4 Application of CIT to Metaphor Analysis in Whitman's Poetry | 第50-73页 |
| ·Sample Analysis | 第50-69页 |
| ·O Captain! My Captain! | 第51-57页 |
| ·Song of the Open Road | 第57-60页 |
| ·Song of Myself | 第60-65页 |
| ·The City Dead-House | 第65-69页 |
| ·The Function of Cultural Factors in Generic Space on Metaphor | 第69-70页 |
| ·The Function of the Emergent Meaning in Poetry Analysis | 第70-73页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第73-76页 |
| Works Cited | 第76-78页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第78页 |
