Robert Lowell

LitCharts guides for works by Robert Lowell

Explore LitCharts poetry guides for works by Robert Lowell. Each guide offers line-by-line analysis, exploration of poetic devices, and helpful resources for studying Robert Lowell's poetry.

For the Union Dead

American Confessionalist poet Robert Lowell published "For the Union Dead" in a collection of the same title in 1964. The poem's speaker reflects on American history while looking gloomily on a cha... view guide

Night Sweat

Robert Lowell published "Night Sweat" in his 1964 collection For the Union Dead. The poem can be read as a vivid, nightmarish portrait of anxiety and self-doubt, as well as of the toll these emotio... view guide

Skunk Hour

"Skunk Hour" is the final poem in Robert Lowell's trailblazing collection Life Studies (1959). Its speaker first describes some features and residents of a declining coastal town, then confesses th... view guide