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AMERICA by ALLEN GINSBERG

Poet Analysis

First Line: AMERICA I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL AND NOW I'M NOTHING
Last Line: AMERICA I'M PUTTING MY QUEER SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL
Subject(s): AMERICANS; IMAGINATION; UNITED STATES; VISION;

Poem Sources:

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 4TH ED.
  POULIN, A., JR. (ED.)
  (1985)
 
INTRODUCTION TO POETRY. 3RD EDITION.
  SIMPSON, LOUIS (ED.)
  (1986)
 
MODERN POEMS. EDITED BY RICHARD ELLMANN AND ROBERT O'CLAIR.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD (ED.)
  (1989)
 
THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
NAKED POETRY; RECENT AMERICAN POETRY IN OPEN FORMS.
  BERG, STEPHEN, & MEZEY, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1969)
 
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETS; AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1940.
  STRAND, MARK (ED.)
  (1969)
 
POSTMODERNS; THE NEW AMERICAN POETRY REVISED.
  ALLEN, DONALD, & BUTTERICK, GEORGE F. (EDS.)
  (1982)
 
NEW MODERN POETRY; BRITISH AND AMERICAN POETRY SINCE WORLD WAR II.
  ROSENTHAL, M. L. (ED.)
  (1967)
 
HARVARD BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  VENDLER, HELEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 
EPISODES IN FIVE POETIC TRADITIONS.
  BARNES, R.G. (ED.)
  (1972)
 
HOLY FIRE; NINE VISIONARY POETS AND THE QUEST FOR ENLIGHTMENT.
  HALPERN, DANIEL (ED.)
  (1994)
 
POSTMODERN AMERICAN POETRY: A NORTON ANTHOLOGY.
  HOOVER, PAUL (ED.)
  (1994)
 
EIGHT AMERICAN POETS.
  CONARROE, JOEL (ED.)
  (1997)
 
POEMS FOR THE MILLENNIUM. VOLUME 2. FROM POSTWAR TO MILLENNIUM.
  ROTHENBERG, JEROME, AND JORIS, PIERRE (EDS.)
  (1998)
 
THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETS; AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1940.
  STRAND, MARK (ED.)
  (2000)
 
POEMS FOR AMERICA; 125 POEMS THAT CELEBRATE THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
  CIURARU, CARMELA (ED.)
  (2002)
 
SELECTED POEMS, 1947 - 1995.
  GINSBERG, ALLEN
  (1996)
 



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