Wondering what life will bring, As I feel like I'm a big disgrace. I'm tired of faking a perfect life, Everything I do isn't good enough, I'm doing my very best to thrive. Having Bipolar Disorder is very complex, One moment you're happy, then... You don't know what will hap...
Lowell suffered from bipolar disorder, which led to him being hospitalized throughout his adult life. It is likely that this is the cause of the turmoil in the poem, particularly due to the mention of the medication in the first line. ...
Lowell’s adult life was not without turbulence, as from his thirties onwards, he went through many ups and downs with his bipolar disorder. He would go on to spend time in a mental hospital to treat his severe episodes of manic depression. In the early 1950s, Lowell taught at the Iowa...