Editing Howl (poem) (section)

===Part II===

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|"Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness!"
|Fire god of the [[Canaan]]ites referred to in [[Leviticus 18|Leviticus 18:21]]: "And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech." Worship of Moloch involved the sacrifice of children by fire.{{sfn|Morgan|Peters|2006|p=34}}<ref name = Original139>''Original Draft'', p. 139</ref>
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|"Moloch whose buildings are judgement!"
|A reference to [[Urizen]], one of [[William Blake]]'s four [[Zoas]].<ref name = "Original139"/>
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|"Crossbone soulless jailhouse and congress of sorrows&nbsp;..." and "Holy the solitudes of skyscrapers and pavements! Holy the cafeterias filled with the millions!"
|A reference to ''[[Gods' Man]]'', a [[graphic novel]] by [[Lynd Ward]] which was in Ginsberg’s childhood library.<ref>''Original Draft'', pp. 139, 146</ref>
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|From "Moloch whose breast is a [[Human cannibalism|cannibal]] dynamo!" to "Moloch whose skyscrapers stand in the long streets like endless [[Jehovah]]s!"
|A reference to several films by [[Fritz Lang]], most notably ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' in which the name "Moloch" is directly related to a monstrous factory. Ginsberg also claimed he was inspired by Lang's [[M (1931 film)|''M'']] and ''[[The Testament of Dr. Mabuse]]''.<ref name = Original140>''Original Draft'', p. 140</ref>
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|"Moloch whose eyes are a thousand blind windows!"
|Ginsberg claimed Part II of "Howl" was inspired by a peyote-induced vision of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco which appeared to him as a monstrous face.{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=189}}<ref name = "Original140"/><ref>Morgan, p. 184</ref>
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|From "Moloch whose soul is electricity and banks!" to "Moloch whose name is the Mind!"
|A reference to [[Ezra Pound]]'s idea of [[usury]] as related in the [[Canto]]s and ideas from Blake, specifically the "Mind forg'd manacles" from "London". Ginsberg claimed "Moloch whose name is the Mind!" is "a crux of the poem".<ref name = Original142>Original Draft, p. 142</ref>
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|"Lifting the city to [[Heaven]] which exists and is everywhere about us"
|A reference to "Morning" from ''Season in Hell'' by [[Arthur Rimbaud]].<ref name = "Original142"/>
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