Terminal_Days_At_Beverly_Farms

Terminal Days At Beverly Farms Terminal Days at Beverley Farms By Robert Lowell The poem is basically about the poet reminiscing and fondly remembering his own father. The strongest mental picture that he has is one in which his father is standing in the garden of the Beverley Farms home which was his father’s last abode. He is immaculately dressed in his favourite clothes and is looking smart and energetic. In the author’s view, the garden of his father’s house was not very appropriately done up and had a large stone occupying the central portion. Though the stone gave it some similarity with a Japanese garden, it was somewhat incomplete, since the stone was the only piece that contributed to this semblance. The poet’s father had no qualms about being considered old fashioned but preferred to stick to his favourite drink ‘Bourbon’. It seems from the poem that his father was a man of simple tastes. He cherished the gifts given to him as is clear from the fact that he retained a simple gift of the six pointed lantern given to him on his last Birthday. His father had not been keeping well and had had two heart attacks. He had been overweight and it was only a little terminal, days, beverly, farms, father, seems, fact, poet, about, stone, simple, regular, quite, poem, pain, own, lowell, last, however, garden, death, wanted, view, very, tastes, somewhat, since, probably, poet’s, plating, piece, picture, one, old, never, museum, money, man, house