Read this excerpt from Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California." I heard you asking questions of each: Who killed the pork chops? What price bananas? Are you my Angel? Why does the author most likely use free verse for this excerpt?

The speaker strings together direct, everyday questions—about pork chops, banana prices, and whether someone is an angel. That informal, spontaneous rhythm sounds like casual conversation, rather than following a fixed meter or rhyme scheme. So the structure imitates casual conversation, choice A.

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