The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket

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The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket is a major poem by Robert Lowell that meditates on death, guilt, and the sea through dense, allusive, and religiously charged imagery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem ⓘ
alludesTo Christian theology ⓘ
Moby-Dick ⓘ
Quakerism ⓘ
the Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible
author Robert Lowell ⓘ
containsImageryOf angels ⓘ
graves ⓘ
shipwrecks ⓘ
storms ⓘ
the Last Judgment ⓘ
linked to: The Last Judgment

whales ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresConcept collective guilt ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
human sin ⓘ
personal responsibility ⓘ
form free verse ⓘ
genre elegy ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
hasReputation major poem by Robert Lowell ⓘ
hasTone meditative ⓘ
religious ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Confessional poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American poetry ⓘ
meter irregular ⓘ
partOf Robert Lowell's early work ⓘ
setting Nantucket ⓘ
sea ⓘ
style dense imagery ⓘ
highly allusive ⓘ
symbolic ⓘ
subjectOf academic study ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
theme American history ⓘ
death ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
judgment ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
the sea ⓘ
war ⓘ

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Robert Lowell → notableWork → The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket ⓘ
Lord Weary’s Castle → hasPart → “The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket” ⓘ
linked to: The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket