allegorical poem
C5899
concept
An allegorical poem is a narrative verse in which characters, events, and settings symbolically represent abstract ideas or moral, political, or spiritual concepts beyond their literal meaning.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| allegorical poem canonical | 34 |
| Christian allegorical poem | 1 |
| poetic narrative | 1 |
| satirical narrative poem | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: allegorical poem
Generated description
An allegorical poem is a narrative verse in which characters, events, and settings symbolically represent abstract ideas or moral, political, or spiritual concepts beyond their literal meaning.
Instances (37)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Inferno | — |
| Amorosa visione | — |
| Piers Plowman | — |
| Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen | satirical narrative poem |
| The Thrissil and the Rois | — |
| The Goldyn Targe | — |
| The Faerie Queene | — |
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Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
surface form:
Divine Comedy
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| Javid Nama | — |
| The Temple of Glas | — |
| The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man | — |
| The Knight's Tale | poetic narrative |
| Speculum Hominis | — |
| Speculum Meditantis | — |
| Mirror of Man | — |
| Beng ü Bade | — |
| Divine Comedy | — |
| The Phoenix and the Turtle | — |
| The Phoenix | Christian allegorical poem |
| Salāmān u Absāl | — |
| The Hind and the Panther | — |
| Parliament of Fowls | — |
| Mantiq al-Tayr | — |
| Raka | — |
| The House of Fame | — |
| Musibat-nama | — |
| Haft Paykar | — |
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major work of William Dunbar
surface form:
The Goldyn Targe
|
— |
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Book I
surface form:
Book I (The Faerie Queene)
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| The Hymn of the Pearl | — |
| Li Sao | — |
| Vox Clamantis | — |
| Mirour de l’Omme | — |
| The Book of Eternity | — |
| Roman de la Rose | — |
| Le Pèlerinage de la vie humaine | — |
| Epistre au dieu d’Amours | — |