Beat Poetry Flashcards
What unified beat poets
It wasn’t style elements but common experiences and a commitment to social justice that unified beat writing
What was one significant and lasting affect at the post modern movements
The increased presence of the media and rapid advancement of technology which brought previously inaccessible information directly to
What was the importance of the Vietnam war in relation to the media
The American public view of the Vietnam war emphasize the growing importance of the modern media as Americans lost faith in the government to inform them about the reality of events and its strategy in Vietnam
True or false
The development of the beat generation in the 1950s what is the precursor and inspiration for the hippie movement of the 1960s
True
Where did many big poets draw influence from
 they drew influence from the transcendentalists. particularly From Walt Whitman’s sense of individualism and Henry David Thoreau’s belief in civil disobedience 
True or false
The first chaotic and sometimes violent phase to find the beaten down aspect of beat poetry
True
True or false:
Ginsberg deep satisfaction with his corporate life inspired him to write works that came to be considered representative of the beat movement. Such works lead in and the beach to the second phase after finding the term beats this time as “beatific”
True
What defined best poetry
The beats were defined by the Contant in social significance of the literature rather than a particular style or one specific artistic perspective
True or false: Ezra Pound inspired beat poets
True: They took modernist poet Ezra pounds call of imagism “making it new” to a whole different level
How were beat poets different from other poets
They came to make both a literary and social impact and there was included Frank descriptions and discussions of taboo social subject profanity which wasn’t previously seen in serious literature. 
True or false:
Before the Beat movement, hipster described Jazz musicians and their fans
True
Bebop
A style of jazz that featuring a fast tempo and improvisation particularly reflected the hipster attitude and influence to style of many beat poets 
William S. Burroughs
One of the best known beats who experimented with form particularly the cut up technique that he invented
What is the cut up technique
The theory that cutting up existing words and rearranging them broke down the control system and therefore created a new meaning
True or false the beach wanted to break away from controlling influences
True
What’s influenced Kaufman’s poetry?
The influence of improvisation and rhythms of bebop. He later on the name “the original bebop man”
How did Kaufman respond to JFK Assassination
He took a vow of silence and did not speak for 12 years until 1975. He broke his silence in a dramatic poem about the official withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam. But then a few years later he retreated again to solitude and said that he wanted to be forgotten
Anaphora
It word or phrase that is repeated for emphasis at the beginning of a series of clauses or sentences
How does Kaufman use anaphora in his poem
Through the use of the phrase raga which serves to connect to various contrasting concepts in the poem.
The word raga is a musical form so when Bob Kaufman speaks of a Rogge for every concepts he is talking about the common essence of every concept
True or false:
Kaufman uses regard to introduced the interconnectedness of concepts and themes such as society and poverty
True
What social theme is in the poem “Unanimity has Been achieved, Not a dot last for its accidentalness
The poem address is the theme of social any quality and discusses the anguish of people who are at the lowest level of society.
Kaufman suggests that privilege people have become deliberately blind not want me to the suffering but also to the very existence of beggars and other poor people
According to Kaufman what is the root of all social ills
The disconnectedness and the artificiality Of modern society. When people are alienated they become apathetic and lose the ability to interact with others and a healthy way 
According to Kaufman how have government agencies such as hospitals and healthcare providers filled the poor
They treat them not as people but I have destroyed love machines or experiments. He says mental health care providers Hatfield and mentally ill by treating them as if they are the problem instead viewing their issues with compassion
How does the use of first person affect Kaufman’s poem
By using “I” Kaufman makes the suffering of the urban poor personal to him and his readers
