Read this excerpt from allen ginsberg’s "a supermarket in california." where are we going, walt whitman? the doors close in an hour. which way does your beard point tonight? (i touch your book and dream of our odyssey in the supermarket and feel absurd.) will we walk all night through solitary streets? the trees add shade to shade, lights out in the houses, we’ll both be lonely. why does ginsberg most likely make an allusion to walt whitman in this excerpt? a. to support ginsberg and whitman’s close friendship b. to show ginsberg’s esteem for whitman and his work c. to hint at ginsberg’s embarrassment at his own behavior d. to share ginsberg’s desire to live during whitman’s lifetime

Why Ginsberg most likely makes an allusion to Walt Whitman in this excerpt is B) to show Ginsberg's esteem for Whitman and his work.

Explanation:

There are many moments in this poem where he makes references to Whitman's work, in this specific excerpt we can see the section in parenthesis (I touch your book and dream of our odyssey in the supermarket and feel absurd.)

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)