Themes In Homework, By Allen Ginsberg

The Washer. The poem “Homework” by Allen Ginsberg represents how the poet wants people to cleanse the worlds of its issues. Allen Ginsberg throws the problems of the world in a metaphorical washer like dirty laundry. Ginsberg uses an extended metaphor to helps support his idea of riding the world of its’ problems by using allusions to create an image in the reader’s mind and creative diction to help gain a more clear meaning of what that image should represent and make the poem much more simple and easier to understand. The poem “Homework” by Allen Ginsberg is addressing the topic of solving the world 's problems and comparing that to doing your laundry. There is a very large conversation and many people just skim the top of the insight that Ginsberg is portraying. They catch what they think he wants to do to solve the world …show more content…
The speaker says “I’d wash my dirty Iran” (Ginsberg line 1) alluding to washing it because the connotation of Iran is bad. The poet is talking about Iran like it is a dirty shirt and that he would definitely throw it in that metaphorical washer that would rid Iran of all of its problems. Likewise Ginsberg says “I’d throw in my United States” (line 2) implying that the U.S may look good from the outside but is just as dirty as Iran. The poet is not being biased with his view of the world and is saying it flat out Iran is bad but the U.S is no better. This is when he breaks down what he would actually do to the world. He says he would throw in the soap and when he does that is when physically he would select the setting on the washer. In this case the speaker would select the oversized setting representing that there is a lot of work to be accomplished. The poet uses the metaphor as his strong hold on the subject, but uses other literary devices to support his strong