Question

Read this stanza from Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California. " 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? The long-line structure serves as an introduction to the narrative. The long-line structure provides background for the allusion. The long-line structure imitates stream-of-conscious thought. The long-line structure allows for predictable rhyme schemes.

Answer 1

In the stanza from, "A Supermarket in California", by Allen Ginsberg’s, the author has used free verse because 'the long line structure imitates stream-of-conscious thought'.

What is free verse?

Free verse is a type of poetry which does not have a rhythm or any consistent meter. Free verse lack musical effect as it is based on the rhythm of natural speech or dialogues.

The stanza from the poem, "A Supermarket in California", is most likely to use free verse as there is no meter and rhythmic effect in the stanza, the long lines are just the conscious thoughts of the poet.

Therefore, option, C, 'The long-line structure imitates stream-of-conscious thought' is correct.

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