“Memories of West Street and Lepke”

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“Memories of West Street and Lepke” is a confessional poem by Robert Lowell that reflects on his imprisonment and political disillusionment, included in his influential collection Life Studies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf confessional poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
alludesTo Louis "Lepke" Buchalter ⓘ
linked to: Lepke Buchalter

Murder, Inc. ⓘ
author Robert Lowell ⓘ
collection Life Studies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
createdBy Robert Lowell ⓘ
firstPublicationCollection Life Studies ⓘ
form free verse ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasSubject Robert Lowell’s experiences as a prisoner ⓘ
contrast between intellectuals and criminals in prison ⓘ
political activism and its consequences ⓘ
influencedBy Robert Lowell’s imprisonment during World War II ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Confessional poetry ⓘ
literarySignificance key example of confessional poetry in Life Studies ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
partOf Robert Lowell’s Life Studies ⓘ
period mid-20th century American poetry ⓘ
publicationYearOfCollection 1959 ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Farrar, Straus and Cudahy ⓘ
setting West Street Jail, Boston ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism ⓘ
theme American politics ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ
conscientious objection ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
memory ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
personal responsibility ⓘ
political disillusionment ⓘ
tone ironic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ

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Life Studies → hasPart → “Memories of West Street and Lepke” ⓘ
For the Union Dead → hasPoem → Memories of West Street and Lepke ⓘ
linked to: “Memories of West Street and Lepke”
Sailing Home from Rapallo → relatedWorkByAuthor → Memories of West Street and Lepke ⓘ
subject linked to: “Sailing Home from Rapallo”
linked to: “Memories of West Street and Lepke”
The Neo-Classical Urn → relatedWorkByAuthor → Memories of West Street and Lepke ⓘ
subject linked to: “The Neo-Classical Urn”
linked to: “Memories of West Street and Lepke”