His Toy, His Dream, His Rest

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"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.

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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
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
alcoholism
art and creativity
death
guilt
identity
introspection
memory
mental illness
spiritual crisis
usesTechnique allusion
code-switching
fragmentation
shifts in diction
stream of consciousness

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The Dream Songs hasPart His Toy, His Dream, His Rest
John Berryman notableWork His Toy, His Dream, His Rest