What ideas are in the story of Howl by Allen Ginsberg?

HOWL is a poem that is Ginsberg's cry of despair for his generation. Themes of LOVE, LOSS, SEARCHING FOR HAPPINESS, and IDEALISM are evident in this poem. Ginsberg shows the reader his personal search for love and happiness. He also shows the reader that he loves his country but feels it is sick and needs help. This poem shows the reader that love is something we crave as human beings, as well as peace of mind. He shows that we resort to many methods to achieve these things. We try to find them or dull the pain of not having these things through sex, drugs, drink, and schools of political or religious thought. Ginsberg shows the reader that he laments the loss of the bright minds of his generation who ended up dying, or ended up incapacitated by drug use, alcoholism, and madness.