Howl Numerous amounts of people share their creativity and uniqueness through poetry, story writing, and art. Allen Ginsberg is one of those writers that did that. He created a mind blowing book called “Howl”, that contained astonishing language and a very difficult point of view that only a few people can interpret. Some things in the poem can be very misleading and fucked up but there is a meaning to it all. One of his famous literary works is Howl which is a three part poem that descriptively discusses controversies that plagued society at the time. Ginsberg uses form, tone, and language to convey three different themes for each part of the poem. As a whole, the three parts culminate to portray the main theme of seeking personal freedom …show more content…
He explains in depth that some of the “best minds” may not be what society expects them to be. When “best minds” comes to thought, typically people would idealize intelligent, successful individuals. Much like doctors, lawyers, and CEO’s. However, Ginsberg thought otherwise. The poem begins with a character, possibly Ginsberg himself, witnessing the “best minds” being destroyed. The rest of the section is a detailed description of these people, specifically, who they were and what they did. He doesn't tell us what destroyed them quite yet. Most lines begin with the word "who" followed by a verb. These are people "who did this, who did that," and …show more content…
Almost every line in the second part of the poem contains the word “Moloch”. Exclamation points are also repeated in order to create an urgent tone to inform the reader of the horrors that plague society during his time. It also creates a sense that the Ginsberg is yelling or shouting. Moloch is described as “solitude! filth! ugliness!” (81), “stone of war”, “stunned governments” (84), “pure machinery!”, “whose blood is running money! Whose fingers are ten armies!” (86), and “demonic industries! spectral nations! invincible madhouses! granite cocks! monstrous bombs!” (88). Basically, Ginsberg describes Moloch as evil, and by evil he means the corruption in money, government, wars, and industries. These descriptions of Moloch seem to still affect today’s world and society. It seems as if Ginsberg was trying to promote a sense of urgency for society to wake up from the bliss of ignorance and recognize that the world is not what it seems to