So why doesn't some areas of this poem use commas for items in a list? I've noticed a few occasions where Ginsberg would list items, but not separate them by commas. What is the reasoning behind this word choice of his, do you think?
"... the three old shrews of fate the one eyed shrew of the heterosexual dollar the one eyed shrew that winks out of the womb and the one eyed shrew that ..."
"who copulated ecstatic and insatiate with a bottle of beer a sweetheart a package of cigarettes a candle and fell off the bed ..."
"who cooked rotten animals lung heart feet tail borsht & tortillas ..."
etc.
But on other occasions, he does use commas to separate items in a list.
"stolen night-cars, N.C., secret hero of these poems, cocksman and Adonis ..."
"movies, were shifted in dreams, woke on a sudden Manhattan, and picked ..."
So maybe there is something important about the first three quotes from the poem, because Ginsberg decided not to use commas. Perhaps for the second quote, he did not choose to use commas to mimic the nonstop nature of "copulation"? As in, not using commas to show that there were no pauses or stops to the endless sex... Any ideas why there are no commas in the first or third quotes?
Also, apparently the word "gyzym" originated in this poem? I wonder why Ginsberg decided to use this word instead of preexisting words... any ideas?
And for this quote, "who threw their watches off the roof to cast their ballot for Eternity outside of Time ...", it seems important that the author capitalized Eternity and Time, like to personify them. It seems symbolic for them to throw away their watches (that stand for Time) in favor of Eternity. It seems to suggest that they lived in the moment, doing whatever they wished without regret or regard for trivial things like Time. I think this is pretty much the main idea of Part I. Every time the poem referred to "who", it meant those who threw away all concerns and worries and did not care about the consequences. The repeated use of "who" also did a good job at keeping the beat or rhythm of the poem flowing throughout Part I.
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