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  • Essay / Literary analysis of the way our world is by Ginsberg

    Ginsberg's words seemed to drag on without the use of periods, giving his poem an aggravating effect. His poetic expression using repetition maintained a rhythm throughout the poem, allowing him to keep this tone consistent for the audience. With its illustrations, readers are able to capture the image vividly using relevant and realistic examples. For example, Moloch, being a non-realistic object, could clearly be seen as a machine powered by blood, money and corruption. Given the complexity of this piece, this gave me reason to believe that Ginsberg's intention was to allow us to seek our own meaning from the text. Ginsberg wanted us to bring out our “best minds” and understand the piece with our own thoughts rather than just seeing the big picture. Richard Eberhart describes the poem as "a howl against all that in our mechanistic civilization kills the spirit...Its positive force and energy comes from the redemptive quality of love" (Poetry Foundation, par. 2). Ginsberg's writing style produced a strong argument in his case, with the use of emotion, imagery and