Walt Whitman's Song Of The Open Road

When Allen went to this “supermarket,” he’s looking to his idol for ideas. He could also be looking at them to see how Whitman structured and wrote his poems. Allen could've been gathering subjects to write about to be very similar to Whitman. The author also mentions poet Garcia Lorca; which could mean he was looking at poems from that author too. That’s why it’s a supermarket; he has multiple choices. As in most other poems, there is a ton of imagery to be found in this poem. For example, “I went into a neon fruit supermarket” takes my brain to the image of a produce section full of bright colors. In the background, I can almost hear the cashiers checking out items for people. In Walt Whitman’s poem, “Song of the Open Road,” there is a

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