Breia Diaz
Dr. Terhune
ENGL 361
26 April 2016
Critical Essay #2 The poem “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg is one of the greatest works in American poetry. It is an excellent piece of literature. The poem, similar to its name, is literally a howl against the era’s ideals of conformism and a celebration of the beauty of the human body and soul. It was written in free verse, a style popular among modernist poets such as Whitman and Rimbaud. The poem is a howl of free expression. The poem was published in 1957 and at the time was considered as obscene. There may very well be people who still consider it to be obscene. Upon reading it now, many years after its publication, it may be difficult to understand the “obscenity” of the poem. If one were to consider …show more content…
Confessional poetry is often dark or unpleasant in nature, and possibly could be viewed as obscene to some readers. Confessional poetry emphasizes the intimate, and sometimes unflattering, information about details of the poet's personal life, such as in poems about mental illness, sexuality, and despondence (Baldick 2008). The confessional poet label was applied to a number of poets of the 1950s and 1960s, including Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton and John Berryman. A confessional poem is quite similar to a confessional on a reality show or the words in a diary or journal. To confess, one tells all or at least what they would like to have heard. A confessional poet writes for a wide variety of audience. Almost anyone can be the audience of a confessional poem.
Poets like Allen Ginsberg were against the new critical mode of writing poetry that emphasized on remoteness and lack of personality. These confessional poets gave expression to painful personal events through the exposure of personal intimacies and brazen self- exposure. In this sense by writing such poems based on their own private experience, the confessional poets reflect the liveliest period; but such private experiences were all about pains and …show more content…
Poets were not necessarily misbehaving after Ginsberg published “Howl”. She also says the poem set of sparks, which is true. This was the first poem of its kind. A poet finally stepped out of the box and truly created something. To write is to create something that comes from within and it should be done without limits and standards. Ginsberg was not afraid of the repercussions that the publication of “Howl” would present in the long run. He saw a problem in the United States and boldly addressed the issue for everyone to see. Dove refers to this as the liberation of
Dr. Terhune
ENGL 361
26 April 2016
Critical Essay #2 The poem “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg is one of the greatest works in American poetry. It is an excellent piece of literature. The poem, similar to its name, is literally a howl against the era’s ideals of conformism and a celebration of the beauty of the human body and soul. It was written in free verse, a style popular among modernist poets such as Whitman and Rimbaud. The poem is a howl of free expression. The poem was published in 1957 and at the time was considered as obscene. There may very well be people who still consider it to be obscene. Upon reading it now, many years after its publication, it may be difficult to understand the “obscenity” of the poem. If one were to consider …show more content…
Confessional poetry is often dark or unpleasant in nature, and possibly could be viewed as obscene to some readers. Confessional poetry emphasizes the intimate, and sometimes unflattering, information about details of the poet's personal life, such as in poems about mental illness, sexuality, and despondence (Baldick 2008). The confessional poet label was applied to a number of poets of the 1950s and 1960s, including Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton and John Berryman. A confessional poem is quite similar to a confessional on a reality show or the words in a diary or journal. To confess, one tells all or at least what they would like to have heard. A confessional poet writes for a wide variety of audience. Almost anyone can be the audience of a confessional poem.
Poets like Allen Ginsberg were against the new critical mode of writing poetry that emphasized on remoteness and lack of personality. These confessional poets gave expression to painful personal events through the exposure of personal intimacies and brazen self- exposure. In this sense by writing such poems based on their own private experience, the confessional poets reflect the liveliest period; but such private experiences were all about pains and …show more content…
Poets were not necessarily misbehaving after Ginsberg published “Howl”. She also says the poem set of sparks, which is true. This was the first poem of its kind. A poet finally stepped out of the box and truly created something. To write is to create something that comes from within and it should be done without limits and standards. Ginsberg was not afraid of the repercussions that the publication of “Howl” would present in the long run. He saw a problem in the United States and boldly addressed the issue for everyone to see. Dove refers to this as the liberation of