Thursday, April 15, 2010
HOWL
Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" is very different compared to all the poems I've read before. Most poems are short and somewhat simple, however this one is about as long as a typical essay and filled with enough information to keep the reader busy for days trying to analyze every aspect. Another thing that makes this poem so random is that it is cut into three different parts, three different views basically, yet all based along the idea of drugs and how it can affect any person. How a person can go crazy, see things that aren't really there, the details of what kind of high is experienced and how its so "out of this world". I find that even though this poem may be extremely long and might not make much sense at times, it can still get a person's mind going about seeing this situations and also living them.
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its interesting the parts that u mention.. i like this poem because the poet is not scared of telling u wats wat like at the begining of the poem. i think his describing something or someone who has fallen and cant rise up like in a depression
ReplyDeleteThough drug use/addiction is a symptom of certian cultural conditions, the poem is not really about drug use. See my comments on other blogs focused on Ginsberg's poetry.
ReplyDeleteDeborah makes an interesting point about the poem giving voice to those who have been beaten down, in some way, metaphorically and physically--beaten down how, by who/what?