“Home After Three Months Away”

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“Home After Three Months Away” is a confessional lyric poem by Robert Lowell that reflects on his return from a mental hospital and the emotional distance he feels from his family and home.

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instanceOf confessional poem ⓘ
lyric poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Robert Lowell ⓘ
containsElement emotional tension ⓘ
self-reflection ⓘ
vivid domestic imagery ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widely studied in discussions of confessional poetry ⓘ
explores difficulty of reintegration after treatment ⓘ
limits of communication within a family ⓘ
focusesOn gap between inner experience and outward domestic scene ⓘ
genre confessional poetry ⓘ
hasAuthorialPersona Robert Lowell’s poetic speaker ⓘ
hasCentralCharacter the returning husband and father ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm lyric ⓘ
literaryMovement Confessional poetry movement ⓘ
linked to: Confessional poetry
literaryPeriod postwar American poetry ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
originalPublicationCentury 20th century ⓘ
relatedTo Robert Lowell’s experiences with psychiatric hospitalization ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Life Studies ⓘ
setting family home ⓘ
post-hospitalization period ⓘ
studiedIn American literature courses ⓘ
modern poetry courses ⓘ
style autobiographical ⓘ
confessional ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
subjectMatter observation of wife and child ⓘ
sense of estrangement in the home ⓘ
speaker’s return from a mental hospital ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ
emotional distance ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
identity ⓘ
memory ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
recovery ⓘ
returning home ⓘ
tone intimate ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ

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