Allen Ginsberg’s, Howl, is a cry of sheer animalistic pain written from the 1950s beat generation. The poem written by Ginsberg revolutionised what was considered true contemporary literature by challenging the basis of what gave work literary merit. Howl muses on the counterculture that was swirling around Ginsberg in San Francisco following the Second World War — a culture built on sex, drugs and Jazz. Much like his fellow writer Jack Kerouac, Ginsberg manipulated his form and structure to enhance the rebellious lifestyle he observes. Allen Ginsberg’s Howl utilises spontaneous, Jazz-like structure in conjunction with religious symbolism to support the rebellious culture about which he writes. Ginsberg expresses rebellion in his writing through