Comment on impressions of Allen Ginsberg‘s “A Supermarket in California”.
In what ways is it similar or different from the other poems like “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” by Walt Whitman” and “For the Anniversary of My Death”BY W. S. MERWIN ? find out who Walt Whitman was briefly, (200 words)
2) Discuss the poem’s form of “For the Anniversary of My Death”
BY W. S. MERWIN (b. 1927)
Every year without knowing it I have passed the day
When the last fires will wave to me
And the silence will set out
Tireless traveler
Like the beam of a lightless star
Then I will no longer
Find myself in life as in a strange garment
Surprised at the earth
And the love of one woman
And the shamelessness of men
As today writing after three days of rain
Hearing the wren sing and the falling cease
And bowing not knowing to what
• What organizing principle(s) does the poet use?
• How does the poem’s structure interact with or reflect upon the poem’s subject matter?
• overall impression of the poem? Why?
• (200 words)
