Question

Which lines best reveal Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s troubled view of modern American society?

Answer 1

Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a poet from the 1950's. The poem refered to in this case is "To the Oracle at Delphi" The lines given to examine are "1)Why are you staring at me now 2)as if I were America itself the new Empire 3)vaster than any in ancient days 4)carrying its corporate monoculture 5)And tell us how to save us from ourselves 6) who would make a plutocracy of our democracy 7)between the rich and the poor" The line that show his view of modern society in America is line 6.

Answer 2

The correct answers are D) Carrying its corporate monoculture, E) And tell us how to save us from ourselves, and F) who will make a plutocracy of our democracy.

The lines that best reveal Lawerence Ferlinghetti’s troubled view of modern American society are, Carrying its corporate monoculture, E) And tell u show to save us from ourselves, and F) who will make a plutocracy of our democracy.  

In the poem “To the Oracle at Delphi” written by Lawerence Ferlinghetti in 1919, the author makes a strong critic on the decay of morality of modern America and the influence it has had in other countries. That is why the correct lines of the poem that reveal Lawerence Ferlinghetti’s troubled view of modern American society are, “carrying its corporate monoculture”, “and tell us how to save us from ourselves”, and “who will make a plutocracy of our democracy.”  

Other famous poems of Lawerence Ferlinghetti are: “Constantly Risking Absurdity”, “The Changing Light”, and “A Vast Confusion”.