Properties (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
poem
|
| gptkbp:collection |
Life Studies
|
| gptkbp:criticalReception |
widely studied
considered a significant work |
| gptkbp:culturalImpact |
featured in anthologies
discussed in literature courses analyzed in literary theory adapted in performances influenced modern poets |
| gptkbp:formFactor |
free verse
|
| gptkbp:genre |
confessional poetry
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
For the Union Dead
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:John_Keats
gptkb:T.S._Eliot gptkb:Walt_Whitman |
| gptkbp:influences |
gptkb:Civil_War
personal memory Boston_history |
| gptkbp:inspiration |
thematic discussions
literary critiques academic essays numerous analyses |
| gptkbp:language |
English
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
aquarium
sacrifice statues loss nostalgia snow battlefields historical figures disillusionment “The stone statues of the General and his men” “The_old_South_Boston_Aquarium_stands_in_a_Sahara_of_snow_now.” |
| gptkbp:publishedBy |
gptkb:Farrar,_Straus_and_Giroux
|
| gptkbp:publishedIn |
1964
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
war poetry
historical poetry poetry of the 20th century American_literature |
| gptkbp:theme |
history
identity memory |
| gptkbp:wrote |
gptkb:Robert_Lowell
|