Night Sweat Revision

Question 1

Who wrote Night Sweat?

Answer 1

Robert Lowell

Question 2

Who is Lowell?

Answer 2

A man with bipolar disorder who wrote experimental poetry.

Question 3

What are the three main ideas in Night Sweat?

Answer 3

1. Anxiety if he will get over his writer’s block
2. The poet’s youthful energy/creativity has died
3. His wife is a light that grounds him in reality

Question 4

What are two examples of poetic techniques in Night Sweat with examples?

Answer 4

Personification - Night Sweat “my life’s fever is soaking in Night sweat” personification of his bipolar disorder
metaphor - “leaded eyelids” metaphor of his depression