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Beat Poetry

Question 8 • DRHS American Literature and Composition

Which of the following ideas did you include in your response? Check all of the boxes that apply to your answer.

Answer
A
Whitman’s “America of love” no longer exists.
B
Whitman would not recognize America in the 1950s.
C
The speaker longs for an idealized, unrealistic version of America.
D
Whitman’s vision of America was informed by his own social and cultural position.