The Death of Cock Robin
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The Death of Cock Robin is a long, darkly comic narrative poem by W. D. Snodgrass that reimagines the traditional nursery rhyme as a complex meditation on violence, guilt, and American culture.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | W. D. Snodgrass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| authorOf | W. D. Snodgrass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cock Robin nursery rhyme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
psychological guilt
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social violence in America ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
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narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | William De Witt Snodgrass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | long poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American poetry ⓘ |
| reimagines | traditional nursery rhyme ⓘ |
| subject | murder of Cock Robin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
American culture
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crime and punishment ⓘ death ⓘ guilt ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| uses |
allusion to children’s verse
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irony ⓘ satire ⓘ |
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