“Waking in the Blue”
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“Waking in the Blue” is a confessional poem by Robert Lowell that portrays his experiences and observations inside a psychiatric hospital, blending dark humor with stark self-scrutiny.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “Waking in the Blue” canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
confessional poem
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poem ⓘ |
| addresses |
privilege and class among psychiatric patients
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stigma of mental illness ⓘ |
| author | Robert Lowell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
institutionalization
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mental illness ⓘ patients in a mental hospital ⓘ psychiatric hospital ⓘ |
| genre | confessional poetry ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | a speaker closely identified with Robert Lowell ⓘ |
| includedIn | Robert Lowell’s body of confessional work ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Confessional poetry movement ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | postwar American poetry ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
dark humor
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irony ⓘ self-scrutiny ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| periodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| portrays |
Robert Lowell’s experience in a psychiatric hospital
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other male patients in the ward ⓘ |
| setting | a Boston-area psychiatric hospital ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic analysis of confessional poetry
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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institutional life ⓘ madness and sanity ⓘ mental illness ⓘ self-awareness ⓘ self-identity ⓘ shame and exposure ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| tone |
bleakly comic
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introspective ⓘ wry ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
ironic juxtaposition of humor and suffering
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self-deprecating description ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
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