What Made Allen Ginsberg Howl? Acid and other drugs: that is what comes to mind when I hear the name Allen Ginsberg. Although I affiliate his name with drugs, Allen Ginsberg is probably the most intelligent, whimsical poet I’ve had the pleasure of reading. In his poem Howl, Allen Ginsberg seems to go off on tangents in each of the three parts of the poem. Despite the chaotic energy, the brilliance of the poem lies in the relevance it has to real life issues and problems that Allen Ginsberg choose to address (it seems more so that he broadcasted it, without fear or hesitation). Howl and Allen Ginsberg have been pivotal to history because of the influences they both have. Ginsberg uses Howl to convey his discontent with society and how institutions (government, education etc.) shape individuals differently.
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He creates his own words to further convey his message. In line 3 of Howl, Ginsberg writes "...angelheaded hipster..." as a descriptive phrase for his colleagues/ fellow Beat poets which he analyzes in all of part I. This type of language is an example of how he used his innovative mind to convey to his audience the deeper meaning/ imagery of his poem. With the use of language, the style of his poetry helps to further communicate his ideas and themes of the poem. In all parts of Howl, Ginsberg indents his lines in an unorthodox fashion, as well as ending all of his lines with a comma until the very end of the section where he ends it with a period. The majority of the lines in part I begin with "who..." and then goes on to describe actions of the people he is describing in this section. The form of the poem helps the audience to understand the tone of the first section of Howl, which is solemn as well as somewhat nostalgic. In line 40, "who lost their loverboys to the three old shrews of fate...", the tone seems matter-of-fact and Ginsberg seems to be reflecting on a past event, hence the tone of
He creates his own words to further convey his message. In line 3 of Howl, Ginsberg writes "...angelheaded hipster..." as a descriptive phrase for his colleagues/ fellow Beat poets which he analyzes in all of part I. This type of language is an example of how he used his innovative mind to convey to his audience the deeper meaning/ imagery of his poem. With the use of language, the style of his poetry helps to further communicate his ideas and themes of the poem. In all parts of Howl, Ginsberg indents his lines in an unorthodox fashion, as well as ending all of his lines with a comma until the very end of the section where he ends it with a period. The majority of the lines in part I begin with "who..." and then goes on to describe actions of the people he is describing in this section. The form of the poem helps the audience to understand the tone of the first section of Howl, which is solemn as well as somewhat nostalgic. In line 40, "who lost their loverboys to the three old shrews of fate...", the tone seems matter-of-fact and Ginsberg seems to be reflecting on a past event, hence the tone of