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Allen Ginsberg: An Overview of his Life and WorksOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Poems of Allen Ginsberg have elements of traditional oral literature because of his approach of spontaneous production and emphasis on performance. Ginsberg himself was aware of this similarity and often studied and spoke of oral traditions. Poetic analysis clearly shows that Ginsberg’s poetry makes use of an oral rather than a written register of English. Ginsberg’s influences are as diverse as jazz, body language, sound, and his superior ability to attract the listener with great attention. All this led to Ginsberg moving gracefully from performing previously written material to temporary composition on stage. Those elements that Ginsberg learned put on spontaneity, self-confidence, and self-founded training that encouraged his increasingly oral approach to his poetry. The critics’ responses to Ginsberg’s poetry were often antagonistic. Ginsberg activates the agonistic nature of oral poetry to encourage and reply to such charges. Therefore, he uses the performance power of oral poetry to fight the critics’ tendency to intercalate him and the other Beats by naming him into a particular social space. Ginsberg recaptures designations that are associated with his mental health, sexual identity, and political viewpoints - often aspects attacked by the critics. Analyzing several performances of Ginsberg’s poetry reveals that he uses an intonational rather than stress-based meter. The intonational meter allows him to recreate on stage and thus leads to each performance of the poem being apart, distinct from any possible text.