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What is the impact of O'Hara using so many names, titles, and brands in this poem?
Student opinions may be divided about this question. Some may feel that O'Hara's use of brands sets the poem in a specific day, time, place, and moment—the day Billie Holiday died (which students will learn in today's activity was July 17, 1959)—and that this is in part the point of the poem, that O'Hara will forever remember this specific time, place, and moment. Others may feel that if they cannot understand the brands and names and personal experience, the poem becomes more alienating, that they want to lean towards a more universal perspective. Encourage students to go deeper: are there...
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