Isaw 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?
a, to suggest a knowledge of walt whitman and his poetic devices
b, to suggest an interest in walt whitman and his shopping habits
c, to suggest a critical judgement against walt whitman and other poets
d, to suggest a familiarity and kinship with walt whitman and other outcasts

The answer is D: to suggest a familiarity and kinship with Walt Whitman and other outcasts.

In this excerpt, taken from Ginsberg´s A supermarket in California, he sings a strange ode to the great American poet, Walt Whitman, who, just like Ginsberg, many years before, helped build an identity for underground America —an America that was not the normal America, but one that then and now keeps flowing upwards like lava, both destroying and cementing a way of life, beauty, and art—, and who was, for personal reasons, an outcast, too.

to suggest a familiarity and kinship with Walt Whitman and other outcasts

Explanation:

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)

choose from these types:

the innocent

the orphan

the hero

the caregiver

the explorer

the rebel