Allen Ginsberg’s “First Party at Ken Kesey’s with Hell’s Angels” and William Blake’s “The Tyger” both have the idea of describing a hellish world in common with each other. Many of the characters in both of the poems also describe characters that you associate with “hell” or a behavior that’s the opposite from good. In “First party at Ken Kesey’s with Hell’s Angels” Ginsberg uses the term “Hells’ Angels.” This oxymoron may try to imply that the angels, who are actually demons in disguise, enabling them to corrupt the masses. The “souls in black leather jackets” in line 6 helps the reader imagine who is at the party. When you think of people in black leather jackets you think of usually think of rebels. Sometimes rebels do the wrong things
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How could something so dangerous and deadly be so beautiful? This goes back to the people wearing leather jackets in Ginsberg’s poems. These rebels most likely do dangerous things that makes other people fear them. These people in the leather jackets could be compared to the imaginative man; creative artist, or God that created the Tyger. He is a rebellious being because the creator “dared” to create such a creature like the Tyger as mentioned in the last line of the poem. In the beginning of Ginsberg’s poem he says “Cool black night through redwoods” in line 7 he says “at 3 A.M. the blast of loudspeakers…” These are both indicators that it’s night time. Night is equivalent to darkness and to evil. The time 3am is also known to be “The Witching Hour.” This is the time at which creatures such as witches, demons, and ghosts are thought to appear and to be at their most powerful also is when demons pray on people. Darkness could also be representing
How could something so dangerous and deadly be so beautiful? This goes back to the people wearing leather jackets in Ginsberg’s poems. These rebels most likely do dangerous things that makes other people fear them. These people in the leather jackets could be compared to the imaginative man; creative artist, or God that created the Tyger. He is a rebellious being because the creator “dared” to create such a creature like the Tyger as mentioned in the last line of the poem. In the beginning of Ginsberg’s poem he says “Cool black night through redwoods” in line 7 he says “at 3 A.M. the blast of loudspeakers…” These are both indicators that it’s night time. Night is equivalent to darkness and to evil. The time 3am is also known to be “The Witching Hour.” This is the time at which creatures such as witches, demons, and ghosts are thought to appear and to be at their most powerful also is when demons pray on people. Darkness could also be representing