Luke Havergal

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"Luke Havergal" is a dark, atmospheric lyric poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson, noted for its haunting meditation on death, loss, and the lure of the afterlife.

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Luke Havergal canonical 2
Luke Havergal (character) 1

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instanceOf lyric poem
poem
author Edwin Arlington Robinson
collectedIn The Children of the Night
poetry collections of Edwin Arlington Robinson
countryOfOrigin United States
firstPublication 1890s
form lyric
genre dark poetry
lyric poetry
hasCharacter Luke Havergal (character)
linked to: Luke Havergal
hasLine Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal
Out of a grave I come to tell you this
There is not any more to say
influencedBy Victorian poetry
language English
literaryMovement early modern American poetry
literaryPeriod American literature
medium written text
meter iambic meter
motif gates
leaves
night
whispering voice
narrativePerspective second person
notedFor ambiguous supernatural elements
atmospheric imagery
haunting meditation on death
intense emotional tone
originalLanguageScript Latin alphabet
rhymeScheme regular rhyme scheme
setting vineyard
western sky
speakerType mysterious voice
subjectOf literary criticism on Edwin Arlington Robinson
theme afterlife
death
despair
grief
loss
love beyond death
suicide
temptation
tone dark
haunting
melancholic

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Edwin Arlington Robinson notableWork Luke Havergal
Luke Havergal hasCharacter Luke Havergal (character)
linked to: Luke Havergal