 Both "Land of Unlikeness" and "Lord Weary's Castle" were influenced by Lowell's conversion from Episcopalianism to Catholicism and explored the dark side of America's Puritan legacy.However, one big difference between these two books is that, in "Lord Weary's Castle", Lowell tempers the severe religiosity that characterized many of the poems in "Land of Unlikeness".There are also a number of poems that foreshadow some of Lowell's later poetic modes.