“A Drinker”
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“A Drinker” is a poem by Robert Lowell included in his influential confessional poetry collection *Life Studies*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “A Drinker” canonical | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Lowell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialStyle |
autobiographical elements
ⓘ
colloquial diction ⓘ intense psychological focus ⓘ shifts in tone ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Robert Lowell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Life Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Robert Lowell’s personal experiences
ⓘ
modernist poetry ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Robert Lowell’s oeuvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Confessional poetry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
confessional treatment of addiction
ⓘ
psychological realism ⓘ |
| partOf | Robert Lowell’s confessional phase ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| publicationContext | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
alcoholism
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ psychological distress ⓘ |
| theme |
guilt
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intimacy and distance ⓘ memory ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ |
| workIn | Life Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.