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Learn about the life and work of Robert Lowell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who wrote in various forms and styles, from traditional meter and rhyme to confessional and public poetry. Explore his themes of history, politics, religion, and self-identity in his poems and letters.
- Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale produced only five volumes of poetry in his...
- Homer
Not much is known about Homer, or if he even existed, but he...
- From The Archive: Robert Lowell
The rest of the poems Lowell printed in Poetry sketch out...
- Lowell as Teacher
Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language,...
- Re-branding Robert Lowell
Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language,...
- Robert Lowell's Lightness
Lowell wrote a handful of poems about Dad. The last one,...
- Eugenio Montale
Lowell was known for his long, sprawling poems that often explored complex psychological and historical themes. However, this poem is relatively short and concise, and it focuses on a single, specific moment in American history.
Robert Lowell famously wrote “Skunk Hour” for Elizabeth Bishop, who just as famously had written “The Armadillo” for him. Have students read Bishop’s poem as well, and perhaps briefly introduce their friendship.
Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV ( / ˈloʊəl /; March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the Mayflower. His family, past and present, were important subjects in his poetry.
For the Union Dead. By Robert Lowell. The old South Boston Aquarium stands. in a Sahara of snow now. Its broken windows are boarded. The bronze weathervane cod has lost half its scales. The airy tanks are dry. Once my nose crawled like a snail on the glass; my hand tingled.
Robert Lowell (1917-1977) packed a huge amount into his sixty years: a rollercoaster of triumphs and disasters that informed his writing and pushed back the boundaries of what was deemed suitable subject matter for poetry.
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Waking in the Blue. Robert Lowell. 1917 –. 1977. The night attendant, a B.U. sophomore, rouses from the mare's-nest of his drowsy head. propped on The Meaning of Meaning . He catwalks down our corridor. Azure day. makes my agonized blue window bleaker. Crows maunder on the petrified fairway. Absence! My heart grows tense.
