Year 9 Beat Poetry

'The World is a Beautiful Place', this line shows the technique 'biblical allusion: "If you don't mind a touch of hell".

The writing style of beat poetry is "First thought, best thought".

My Sad Self is about the persona wandering aimlessly "my own face streaked with tears in the mirror of SOME window".

What is this quote referring to? "where I have no desire—      for bonbons—or to own the dresses".

Allen Ginsberg wrote My Sad Self about the city of Chicago

What year was 'The World is a Beautiful Place' written?

"where all Manhattan that I’ve seen must disappear." from My Sad Self is about your hometown changing & losing memories.

"Dancing and going swimming in rivers on picnics in the middle of summer". This quote shows which technique?

Bob Dylan was influenced by which Beat Poets?

Allen Ginsberg was influenced by the treatment of the Jews & gay people in WWII.

Who wrote the poem?

Ginsberg's political activism gradually increased throughout the 1960s, what movement did he promote?

What techniques are present "the romantic war news on the radio ... all movement stops".

The 60's & 70's saw an explosion in protesting

The quote "a few dead minds in higher places" relates to anti-capitalism and the hatred of imbeciles in power.

What does 'goosing' a statue mean?

What band was influential in this time, and influenced by Beat Poetry?

What did hippies believe in?