One repeatedly discovers lines and phrases such as T. Even the title of Ferlinghetti’s best-selling book A Coney Island of the Mind is taken from Henry Miller’s Into the Night Life (1947). Rather surprisingly, Ferlinghetti makes many direct references to greater works of literature by borrowing lines to suit his own purposes. The reader is often seduced, but behind Ferlinghetti’s speaking voice, full of American colloquialisms, is an intellect schooled in the classics, highly knowledgeable of literature, past and present-a voice full of allusions.
Which doesn’t allow much freedom of choice
Halfway through the sometimes absurd, sometimes delightful poem “Underwear,” Ferlinghetti overextends his metaphor by becoming politically involved: Sometimes a martyr to a cause, Ferlinghetti will occasionally insert his political ideologies into a poem for no apparent reason other than that they seem to fit his role. Whereas Ferlinghetti’s poems are for the most part historical, or autobiographical, Ferlinghetti the man is a myth, appearing as a cult hero, one of the original Beats. Although his poetry is largely autobiographical, an adequate analysis of his poetry is possible without thorough biographical knowledge Ferlinghetti’s poetry is not excessively self-contained. For Ferlinghetti, “reality” itself becomes metaphorical, something he endows with mythical import, although he is not a poet given to hidden meanings. Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s (born March 24, 1919) poetry may be looked on as a kind of travelog in which he has subjectively recorded choice experiences or montages from experience, often in a jazzlike or free-associative manner. © 1999 Rykodisc, manufactured & marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company.Analysis of Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Poems Tijdsduur: 53:53 Genres: Spoken Word ℗ 1999 Rykodisc, manufactured & marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company.
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