nderful introduction to the rest of his poetry. Throughout Iron Horse, Ginsberg discusses some of his favorite topics, including the American landscape, the Vietnam War, and religion.
             Ginsberg, throughout Iron Horse, focuses on a beautiful description of the landscape through his biased eyes. Clouded by his feelings about the war, it is clear that, while the country is described, in numerous ways, as being beautiful, a much darker connotation is being conveyed. References to the presence of car exhaust and fumes, in addition to comments on factory pollution, are repeated throughout descriptions of cities. General feelings of both isolation and loneliness are captured as the narrator sits upon a bus, longing to be able to be one with nature.
             Yet another significant factor within Iron Horse are the feelings about the Vietnam War. From his writing on the soldiers, appearing throughout the poem, it is clear that Ginsberg has an overall feeling of disdain for the government due to its military actions in Vietnam. The soldiers that have been sent to war are portrayed as being trapped and left without a choice by the government; those serving at home are shown as having a feeling of being trapped by an obligation to their country. When speaking on the war in general, Ginsberg shows the opinion that
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