“Terminal Days at Beverly Farms”

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“Terminal Days at Beverly Farms” is a confessional poem by Robert Lowell that portrays the decline and final days of an aging relative with stark, unsentimental detail.

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instanceOf confessional poem
poem
associatedWith Robert Lowell’s confessional phase
author Robert Lowell NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Robert Lowell NERFINISHED
depicts decline of an aging relative
genre confessional poetry
hasSubject family member’s terminal illness
language English
literaryMovement Confessional poetry movement NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 20th-century American poetry
notableFor emotional restraint
unsentimental depiction of dying
portrays final days of a relative
setting Beverly Farms, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
style autobiographical
confessional
plainspoken
theme aging
death
emotional distance
family relationships
illness
mortality
tone stark
unsentimental
usesPerspective first-person perspective

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