What “enumerations” does Ginsberg list?
Identify a feeling that Ginsberg conveys with his use of style, structure, and theme. envy toward the shopping families and for their cars and homesresentment toward the changes of the modern worlda sense that the speaker feels out of place in 1950s Americaan acceptance that the speaker cannot change the modern world
How does the structure of the poem emphasize these “enumerations”?
What are the effects of Ginsberg’s list of images? Check all of the boxes that apply.They keep the poem simple and easy to imagine.They create a feeling of sensory richness.They present a series of allusions.They create a single, focused image.They make the people seem like products in the market.
The poem reflects Ginsberg’s relationship to Whitman by showing Ginsberg’s belief that he is continuing down Whitman’s lonely path.desire to know Whitman in the 1950s.belief that Whitman could redeem the modern era.
How do the speaker and Whitman disobey the laws of consumerism?
What “enumerations” does Ginsberg list? street namesfruitstrees
How does the structure of the poem emphasize these “enumerations”? by spreading them throughout the poemby grouping them togetherX by using a list to make them easy to recognize
What are the effects of Ginsberg’s list of images? Check all of the boxes that apply.
How do the speaker and Whitman disobey the laws of consumerism? by not feeling comfortable in the supermarketby sampling items but not paying for themX by asking the pork and bananas silly questions
The poem reflects Ginsberg’s relationship to Whitman by showing Ginsberg’s
The final line of the poem asks Whitman about the America he experienced one hundred years ago. What meaning does Ginsberg convey by ending the poem this way?
Ginsberg’s final question contrasts Whitman’s loving vision of America with the consumer-driven 1950s, suggesting that Whitman’s America may no longer exist and that he might not recognize the country.
Which of the following ideas did you include in your response? Check all of the boxes that apply to your answer.
Identify a feeling that Ginsberg conveys with his use of style, structure, and theme.
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