His Toy, His Dream, His Rest
E1011900
"His Toy, His Dream, His Rest" is a major section of John Berryman’s long poem sequence The Dream Songs, encompassing a substantial portion of the work’s later, more introspective and experimental lyrics.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book of poems
ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | John Berryman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
experimental lyrics
ⓘ
introspective lyrics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter | Mr Bones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | sequence of dream songs ⓘ |
| genre |
confessional poetry
ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | autobiographical elements ⓘ |
| hasSection | later dream songs of The Dream Songs ⓘ |
| influenced | late-20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | sequence of lyrics ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | irregular ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person ⓘ |
| partOf | The Dream Songs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
complex male subjectivity
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psychological breakdown ⓘ self-scrutiny ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | later section of The Dream Songs ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
77 Dream Songs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Dream Songs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | variable ⓘ |
| style |
elliptical
ⓘ
experimental ⓘ intertextual ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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alcoholism ⓘ art and creativity ⓘ death ⓘ guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ introspection ⓘ memory ⓘ mental illness ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
allusion
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code-switching ⓘ fragmentation ⓘ shifts in diction ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
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