One poem in this collection asks, "What use is my sense of humor?" before concluding, "We are allold-timers, each of us holds a locked razor."
One poem in this collection asks, "What use is my sense of humor?" before concluding, "We are allold-timers, each of us holds a locked razor." The speaker of another poem in this collection notes, "Allnight I've held your hand" before describing how "your old-fashioned tiradeÂ…breaks like the AtlanticOcean on my head." The speaker climactically hears his "ill-spirit sob in each blood cell" in another poemin this collection also containing "Man and Wife." By dealing with topics such as the author's mentalillness, this collection launched the Confessional poetry movement. For 10 points, name this collectionincluding "Skunk Hour," a major work of Robert Lowell.
One poem in this collection asks, "What use is my sense of humor?" before concluding, "We are allold-timers, each of us holds a locked razor."
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