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This 6 page paper is a detailed examination of Robert Lowell's poem, "For the Union Dead." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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commanded by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, a white man and ardent abolitionist. Shaws regiment was decimated and he was killed in an attack on Ft. Wagner, South Carolina, in July
1863. White Southerners held the whites who led black troops in particular contempt, and threw Shaws body into a mass grave with his troops. His father said he was proud
to have him son buried that way. This paper is a close examination of the poem. Discussion The speaker is not identified, and we should not make the mistake of
confusing the speaker in the poem with the author of the poem. In this case, the speaker is someone who is familiar with South Boston, and who came to the
Aquarium when it was still open. From this we can infer that he is a resident of the area who has lived there most of his life. The dramatic situation
is actually fairly mundane: the speaker reflects on the fact that he used to come to the Aquarium, but "The Aquarium is gone" (Lowell). Hes now watching as heavy equipment
("yellow dinosaur steamshovels" (Lowell)) dig out a hole for a new below-ground parking garage. The poem is written in free verse, but its construction is meticulous; we should not
confuse free verse with sloppiness. The tone of the poem ("tone" can best be understood as the attitude the speaker has toward his subject and the way he conveys his
feelings (Barnett)) is one of melancholy and perhaps a degree of impatience that Boston does not recognize the bravery of Col. Shaw and his troops. Lowell uses many of what
we might consider the standard poetic devices in the poem. To name just a few, the "yellow dinosaur steamshovels" referred to above is a metaphor; that is, two things that
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