1. A Supermarket in California
Allen Gisnberg

2. Who is Allen Ginsberg? Respected “Beat” writer Graduated from Columbia
San Francisco, 1950s
Graduated from Columbia
Howl and Other Poems
Tradition of Walt Whitman
Influenced by William Carlos Williams
Often wrote about politics
Created and advocated “flower power”
Study of Eastern religions
Mantras, rhythmic chants
Literary “rags to riches”

3. What is An Apostrophe? An address to a dead or absent person/thing
NOT PUNCTUATION!!!
Personification as if he/she were present
“Apostrophe to the Ocean”

4. Walt Whitman “America’s World Poet”
One of the most significant poets of the 19th century (along with Emily Dickinson)
Critical reception in the U.S., but well accepted in Britain
Inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship
Imitated Biblical rhetorics

5. Federico Garcia Lorca Born in Spain Influenced by Surrealism
Release the potential of the unconscious mind
One of the most important Spanish poets of the 20th century
Explored themes of romantic love and tragedy
Leftist political views