America
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"America" is a landmark poem by Allen Ginsberg that blends political critique, personal confession, and dark humor to capture the anxieties and contradictions of mid-20th-century United States culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| America canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| addresses | United States as a personified entity ⓘ |
| author | Allen Ginsberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
autobiographical elements
ⓘ
references to contemporary events ⓘ references to historical figures ⓘ references to radical politics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizes |
American foreign policy
ⓘ
anti-communist hysteria ⓘ conformist culture ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre |
confessional poetry
ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ satirical poetry ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Cold War era
ⓘ
post–World War II United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
jazz rhythms
ⓘ
modernist poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
colloquial language
ⓘ
dark humor ⓘ direct address ⓘ irony ⓘ political satire ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Beat Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | non-metrical ⓘ |
| movementContext | Beat literature ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | monologue ⓘ |
| perspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | unrhymed ⓘ |
| settingTime | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
Cold War anxiety
ⓘ
McCarthyism NERFINISHED ⓘ capitalism ⓘ communism ⓘ consumerism ⓘ cultural contradictions ⓘ left-wing politics ⓘ national identity ⓘ personal alienation ⓘ political critique ⓘ social injustice ⓘ war and peace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
confessional
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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