Question 9 • English Language Arts 11
Long-line free verse does not follow a regular rhyme scheme or meter, so the lines can move with the speaker’s shifting thoughts and observations. Here, the image of wandering through the supermarket and imagining possession of its food flows freely across the line. This style most strongly suggests that Ginsberg is expressing his thoughts without formal constraints; it is not drawing attention to rhyme and meter.
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