Robert Lowell's 'The Neo-classical Urn'
The Neo-classical Urn by Rober Lowell This poem can be analysed on the following grounds. 1-Psychological: How the childhood incident of killing turtles affected his personality in present.How he feels haunted by the past crime. 2- Ecological: How innocently we damage ecology. Even children should be educated in this subject. 3- Humanitarian: 4-Confessional: Lowel shares his personal experiences in a balanced manner. Connects personal experience with larger issues ( personal experience- Ecology) Themes: A Poem of Memory : Nature Vs Artifice : Innocent killing other innocents