Read this excerpt from Allen Ginsberg's "A Supermarket in California."
you, Walt Whitman, childless, lonely old grubber, poking among the meats in the refrigerator.
Why does Ginsberg make an allusion to Walt Whitman in this excerpt?
O to suggest a knowledge of Walt Whitman and his poetic devices
• to suggest an interest in Walt Whitman and his
shopping habits
O to suggest a critical judgement against Walt Whitman and other poets
O to suggest a familiarity and kinship with Walt Whitman and other outcast