Question

Read this stanza from Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California."

Answer 1

The speaker wishes as what was portrayed in the stanza that he was back in his quiet home away from the market. It can be furthermore implied that the narrator is reminiscing about the place's past, wherein he thought about the peaceful driveways and the fields and mountains as he passes by.

Answer 2

D) America could be like it was when Whitman was alive.