While reading this poem, I was a little confused about the meaning of this poem. However, after reading it several times I find that this poem tells of the poet-Allen Ginsberg's interest in Walt Whitman, an American poet and journalist. Allen Ginsberg wrote "A Supermarket in California" while he was living in Berkeley, California in 1955. This poem is one of Ginsberg's poetry that received the great influence of the American poet, Walt Whitman. Whitman, considered to be the first Native American poet of the nineteenth century, had an influence on Ginsberg's writing. His poetic style experimented on metering and rhythm and avoided the structured lines and verses that were standard forms of poetry at the time. He was an American poet who first introduced freestyle poetry, he also added unusual images and symbols to his poetry, his freedom in poetry earned him the nickname 'father of free verse'. Whitman is known as an eccentric person, both because of his wr...
In every sports competition, athletes must have an attitude of sportsmanship: an attitude of fair play, an attitude of accepting victory/defeat, and of course an attitude of being willing to admit the strengths of their opponents or their own weaknesses. This sportsmanship attitude, in every sporting event, is the most valuable attitude to uphold humanity. Humanity in this case is an attitude based on conscience not to act cheating your opponent and to still respect tolerance in every match. Athletes who have positive attitudes will certainly raise a high level of respect for others. The attitude of sportsmen with character and moral values that are contained in sports activities as a form of their professional responsibility. Like what happened when the Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players patiently pass the ball alternately to a child with the assisted leg. This touched the human side and the conscience of the spectators at the stadium. In addition, there were also instances whe...