Howl

The title "Howl" already tells us that he is arguing his discontent of the society, especially the problem with race discrimination. He lets his words flow in stream of consciousness and the interesting part is the poem all based on the word of "who." When I read this poem, I really can see the big picture that Ginsberg trying to tell us of how the reality is in that era.

Ginsberg is associated with the Beat Generation which is the era that people reject materialism and "experimentation with drugs and alternate form of sexuality." In the sentence,"who distributed Supercommunist pamphlets in Union Square weeping and undressing while the sirens of Los Alamos wailed them down, and wailed down Wall, and the Staten Island ferry also wailed". He shows the insane members of his community and how they destroy their own life. It seems like many demons are surrounded by them, and they only can find peace through drugs or sex. In his poem, I cannot find one happiness in there.