AmericanWalt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg
... Walt Whitman discusses this in his poem “I Hear America Singing”. ... ” Whitman chooses to use music, a major part of American popular culture, as a substitute for happiness in this poem. ... Allen Ginsberg outlined this idea in his poem “America”: “America stop pushing I know what I’m doing… America I used to be a communist when I was a kid I’m not sorry… [America]’s always telling me about responsibility… [America] has abolished the whorehouses of France. ... ” This poem was written in the mid 20th century, and Ginsberg’s idea of America pushing its weight around is still a plausible argument.