Many 20th century poets have attested to the freeing effect that Ginsberg's poetry had upon them in the late fifties. ... The earliest documented English incarnation of poetry was written in the 9th century by unnamed scribes. ... These poems "are composed in the unrhymed, four-beat alliterative style characteristic of Old English poetry..."... Poets during the English Renaissance of the 14th century began to construct poems referred to as sonnets. ... Upon entering high school, Ginsberg escaped his decaying home life by diving into his studies. ...

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