A poetry analysis of "America" by Paul Simon, including a brielf account of Simon's life.

Paul Simon Paul Simon, one half of the singer/songwriter duo "Simon and Garfunkel" was born in Newmark, New Jersey, U.S.A, on October 13, 1941. He grew up in Queens, New York, where he attended Forest Hills High School. It was there that he met his future musical partner, Art Garfunkel. By 1955, the two had formed a partnership, and had even written a song together called "The Girl for me." They started performing under the …

…now he wants it all back. Kathy has now passed, and he is lonely, because they spent their whole lives together, and now he has no-one to talk to. Now he is empty and aching because he has nothing left. So he is Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike, Looking at all the younger generations, on their own journeys to "look for America" and find their own identities throughout the highway of life.