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Beat Poetry

Question 5 • BT 26-27 English Language Arts 11 B

I heard you asking questions of each: Who killed the pork chops? What price bananas? Are you my Angel?

Answer
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The speaker is imagining the questions Whitman would ask if he were there.
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The speaker is dreaming about what goods he will be purchasing.
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The speaker is asking the grocery clerks about the freshness of the meat and the cost of the fruit.
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The speaker is quizzing the butcher and produce workers to see if they are knowledgeable employees.

Explanation

The speaker addresses Walt Whitman as if Whitman were walking through the supermarket with him. The questions about who killed the pork chops and the price of bananas imagine what Whitman might ask there; they are not ordinary questions from a shopper seeking information. So the best answer is that the speaker is imagining the questions Whitman would ask if he were there.

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