Mr Bones
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Mr Bones is a recurring, often melancholic and darkly comic alter-ego figure in John Berryman’s poetic sequence "The Dream Songs."
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alter ego
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fictional character ⓘ poetic persona ⓘ recurring character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
77 Dream Songs
NERFINISHED
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His Toy, His Dream, His Rest NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dream Songs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Henry (The Dream Songs) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToLiteraryMovement | Confessional poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToNationalityContext | American literature ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Berryman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| embodies | African American dialect stereotype ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1964 ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle |
modernist
ⓘ
postmodern elements ⓘ |
| hasFunctionInText |
choric voice
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comic mask ⓘ dialogic voice ⓘ ethical commentator ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRegister |
colloquial
ⓘ
vernacular ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | evokes mortality and skeletal imagery ⓘ |
| hasRole |
commentator on Henry
ⓘ
interlocutor of Henry ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
ⓘ
despair ⓘ existential anxiety ⓘ guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ racial representation ⓘ self-consciousness ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| hasTone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ melancholic ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs |
darkly comic figure
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mask for the poet ⓘ melancholic figure ⓘ |
| isPartOf | the sequence of Dream Songs personae ⓘ |
| speaksTo | Henry (The Dream Songs) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comic relief
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dramatic contrast with Henry ⓘ philosophical commentary ⓘ self-critique of the speaker ⓘ |
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