Question

What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-conscious looking at the full moon. Why does the author most likely use free verse for this stanza?

Answer 1

Answer:

The author uses the long-line structure.

Explanation:

Free verse poem is a poem which has no particular rhyme or rhythm. The author Allen Ginsberg’s in the poem "A Supermarket in California" uses long line structure. He uses free verse poem. The long-line structure imitates stream-of-conscious thought.

Stream of conscious means when one image leads to other. In the poem he uses this in a poetic style. The poem is about a guy who walks on the street, goes to supermarket and looks at people. While doing this he also calls upon a guy, Walt Whitman, who is also an outcast like the poet.