On "America" by Allen Ginsburg

<Tab/>This poem shows Ginsberg's disappointment and worries about the U.S. in the 1950's in a very passionate manner. But I don't think this poem consists entirely of hatred. Inside the hatred, I see hopes for the future, and the expectations he has for the future America. <Tab/>In this poem, he repeats the line "When will you…?" many, many times. But he does not …showed first 75 words of 700 total…

…showed last 75 words of 700 total…not the next world." <Tab/>Ginsberg points out that he, who is America, is the only one that is not serious. He asks America if it is playing a practical joke. He says that this is quite serious, and he'd better get right down to the job, calling America's attention that it's about time it took care of all these problems he described and start shaping the good America he pictures.