EN 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Plotinus, Kabbalah, Strategic Defense Initiative
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In the 1950s, modern america started to take shape. 1950s are known as the beat generation. Beatific - to be happy, but with a supernatural force/power to it. Not too far away concept of hemingway. 1960s protests, drugs, and rock music started germinating in the 1950s. Allen ginsberg - in the 1950s, but he started the germination of counter culture that rose up in the 1960s. Howl is a counter story to song of myself. Song of myself - has an i that"s always observing and watching. Walt can get into other people"s heads, but there"s still a difference. Used free verse - it wasn"t bound by rhyme. Push towards long lines and long lists. Anaphora = repeat the first word/phrase of a line. Howl - i is in the mix and is throwing down. Not of gaze and observation, but an i of experience. Uses free verse, an a bit of the concept of anaphora.
