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9 November, 02:22

Read the last stanza from Allen Ginsberg's "A Supermarket in California." Ah, dear father, graybeard, lonely old courage-teacher, what America did you have when Charon quit poling his ferry and you got out on a smoking bank and stood watching the boat disappear on the black waters of Lethe? At the end of his poem, Ginsberg uses these allusions to convey a feeling of

A. hopefulness that modern-day America can turn back the hands of time.

B. doom and gloom caused by the pressure of conforming with the middle-class American society.

C. sadness since the speaker will never experience the same America as in Whitman's day.

D. pride and appreciation for his fellow poet's role in American literary history.

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  1. 9 November, 05:43
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    The answer is C. sadness since the speaker will never experience the same America as in Whitman’s day.
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