Luke Havergal

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"Luke Havergal" is a dark, atmospheric lyric poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson, noted for its haunting meditation on death, loss, and the lure of the afterlife.

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Luke Havergal canonical 2
Luke Havergal (character) 1

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instanceOf lyric poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Edwin Arlington Robinson ⓘ
collectedIn The Children of the Night ⓘ
poetry collections of Edwin Arlington Robinson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublication 1890s ⓘ
form lyric ⓘ
genre dark poetry ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
hasCharacter Luke Havergal (character) ⓘ
linked to: Luke Havergal
hasLine Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal ⓘ
Out of a grave I come to tell you this ⓘ
There is not any more to say ⓘ
influencedBy Victorian poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement early modern American poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod American literature ⓘ
medium written text ⓘ
meter iambic meter ⓘ
motif gates ⓘ
leaves ⓘ
night ⓘ
whispering voice ⓘ
narrativePerspective second person ⓘ
notedFor ambiguous supernatural elements ⓘ
atmospheric imagery ⓘ
haunting meditation on death ⓘ
intense emotional tone ⓘ
originalLanguageScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
rhymeScheme regular rhyme scheme ⓘ
setting vineyard ⓘ
western sky ⓘ
speakerType mysterious voice ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism on Edwin Arlington Robinson ⓘ
theme afterlife ⓘ
death ⓘ
despair ⓘ
grief ⓘ
loss ⓘ
love beyond death ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
tone dark ⓘ
haunting ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ

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Edwin Arlington Robinson → notableWork → Luke Havergal ⓘ
Luke Havergal → hasCharacter → Luke Havergal (character) ⓘ
linked to: Luke Havergal