Beast Language and English Language

            Michael Mcclure is known for his beast language that he integrates into Ghost Tantras. Beast language more resembles animal sounds that are put into words. Mcclure also incorporates English language into his poems but he often tends to mix the English and beast language together to form a word. Almost as if an animalistic part of him is trying to break free from his human tendencies, which would explain his cut into beast language throughout his poems. There is also signs as if Mcclure is struggling with himself because the language will often switch throughout the poem going from the English language for a couple of words into beast language for a couple of lines and then switch back to English. One of the differences that is seen between the English language and beast language is that beast language is hard to universally interpret. I mean this in the since that the English language it pronounced and said the same by people who speak it. Even though some people from different regions may have an accent speaking it, for the most part everyone that speaks English pronounces the vowels and words the same. On the other hand with beast language everyone reads it differently and pronounces it differently. Some people announce it aggressively because they want to reflect the animalistic part of the language. While some other pronounce the words in the language just how they would English, in just a straight, to the point, leveled voice. There is one thing that most people also try to do with beast language and that is the fact that they try to say words as if they are trying to make them relatable to the English language. This tends to get people tricked up in trying to say the words. Another difference found between the two languages is that the English language is spoken by humans while beast language is spoken by animals. Both use language for communication but animals use it far less and more so for important communication. Humans tend to make conversation using the English language but animals use beast language to signal danger, food, love, hurt, etc. What’s interesting is the fact that we as humans pronounce beast language just as we pronounce words in the English language. So we use the same “a” sound and “gar” sound. Where as in beast language it could easily be the opposite way but we just don’t know. Humans created beast language based off of their listening to animal sounds so of course the languages would be pronounced the same way English vowels and continuants are pronounced. Beast language tends to have more drawn out vowels at the end of words and also more short chopped sounds in between. The English language tends to include more complex words that put together many definitions into just a short couple of words in some cases. As you can see both the English and beast language have similarities and differences to one another. Mcclure definitely puts the main aspects of the each language into his poems.