Similarities Between Ezra Pound And Allean Ginsberg

Poets Ezra Pound and Allen Ginsberg have both expressed their feelings and views of fellow poet Walt Whitman, whether through a form of contempt or admiration, they both have drawn inspiration from Whitman's works and incorporated it into their own. Ezra Pound,, disliked or as Pound would say, “Detested” Whitman for quite sometime. Although he felt this way towards Whitman, in his poem “A Pact”, he goes on to say how Whitman “broke the new wood”, and that “now is a time for carving”. This shows that even though Pound disliked Whitman, he still recognized that Walt was doing something great within his works. Ginsberg, was an avid admirer of Whitman throughout his career and wrote “A supermarket in California”, expressing his curiosity and desire to share in Whitman's view of the world. He wrote, “Ah, dear father, graybeard, lonely old courage-teacher, what America did you have… ?” as a forlorn attempt to ask Whitman how he would view America today.
In Ezra Pound's poem, “A Pact”, Pound starts out by confronting Whitman, stating “I make a pact with you, Walt Whitman -”, in an attempt to put his contempt aside, and figuratively make an …show more content…
In Pound's poem, he tells of how he detested Whitman, but later came to recognize and adopt his methods, whereas Ginsberg was always an intense follower of Whitman and his works. Nevertheless, the opinion of each was shared throughout their poem towards Whitman. Also, both poets are speaking directly to Whitman as if they were expecting him to read what they had to say. In Ginsberg's “A Supermarket in California”, he speaks to Whitman by asking various questions and one can sense a feeling of loneliness within his futile attempts for an answer. Pound however speaks in a more direct manner with conviction, telling Whitman how he feels and that there will be commerce between them despite Pounds previous