The Death of Cock Robin

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The Death of Cock Robin is a long, darkly comic narrative poem by W. D. Snodgrass that reimagines the traditional nursery rhyme as a complex meditation on violence, guilt, and American culture.

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The Death of Cock Robin canonical 2
murder of Cock Robin 1

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instanceOf narrative poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author W. D. Snodgrass ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
authorOf W. D. Snodgrass ⓘ
basedOn Cock Robin nursery rhyme ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
explores psychological guilt ⓘ
social violence in America ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
hasAuthor William De Witt Snodgrass ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm long poem ⓘ
literaryMovement postwar American poetry ⓘ
reimagines traditional nursery rhyme ⓘ
subject murder of Cock Robin ⓘ
theme American culture ⓘ
crime and punishment ⓘ
death ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
violence ⓘ
tone darkly comic ⓘ
uses allusion to children’s verse ⓘ
irony ⓘ
satire ⓘ

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W. D. Snodgrass → notableWork → The Death of Cock Robin ⓘ
William David Snodgrass → notableWork → The Death of Cock Robin ⓘ
The Death of Cock Robin → subject → murder of Cock Robin ⓘ
linked to: The Death of Cock Robin