Beat Poetry

Question 1

Where are Ginsberg’s own “enumerations” found? line 1line 2✔ line 3

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✔ line 3

Question 2

How does the structure of the poem emphasize these “enumerations”? by spreading them throughout the poem✔ by grouping them in a single long line by using a list to make them easy to recognize

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✔ by grouping them in a single long line

Question 3

Identify a feeling that Ginsberg conveys with his use of style, structure, and theme.

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a sense that the speaker feels out of place in 1950s America

Question 4

What are the effects of Ginsberg’s list of images? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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They create a feeling of sensory richness.; They make the people seem like products in the market.

Question 5

How do the speaker and Whitman disobey the laws of consumerism? by not feeling comfortable in the supermarket✔ by sampling items but not paying for themby asking the pork and bananas silly questions

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✔ by sampling items but not paying for them

Question 6

The poem reflects Ginsberg’s relationship to Whitman by showing Ginsberg’s

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belief that he is continuing down Whitman’s lonely path.

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