“My Last Afternoon with Uncle Devereux Winslow”

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confessional poem poem

“My Last Afternoon with Uncle Devereux Winslow” is a confessional poem by Robert Lowell that reflects on childhood, family, and mortality within his influential collection Life Studies.

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“My Last Afternoon with Uncle Devereux Winslow” canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	confessional poem ⓘ poem ⓘ
author	Robert Lowell NERFINISHED ⓘ
collection	Life Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReputation	widely studied in modern American poetry courses ⓘ
focus	awareness of death ⓘ intimate family relationships ⓘ
form	free verse ⓘ
genre	lyric poetry ⓘ
imagery	New England setting ⓘ domestic scenes ⓘ
includedIn	Life Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Robert Lowell's personal experience ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	Confessional poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryPeriod	20th-century American poetry ⓘ
mode	confessional ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first person ⓘ
publicationContext	mid-20th century American poetry ⓘ
style	autobiographical ⓘ narrative ⓘ realist ⓘ
subject	Robert Lowell's childhood ⓘ Robert Lowell's family NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Devereux Winslow NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	childhood ⓘ family ⓘ identity ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ
tone	elegiac ⓘ reflective ⓘ

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