"For the Union Dead"

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An introduction and discussion of Robert Lowell?s poem, ?For the Union Dead" which he wrote in 1960. The paper also discusses the nature of the lyric poem.

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"Lyric poems can often be dramatic, partly because they are about inner thoughts and feelings, and partly because they often represent dramatic events of some sort, something that made a difference in the poet's life. That is why Lowell opens up with his memories of the old aquarium. He is making a comparison of the "cowed, compliant fish" with the "cowed, compliant" Negroes who were slaves in the South during the Civil War."

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