Come Away, Come Away, Death

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"Come Away, Come Away, Death" is a melancholic funeral song from William Shakespeare’s comedy *Twelfth Night*, often noted for its themes of unrequited love and mortality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf funeral song
literary work
poem
song
addressedTo Orsino (within the play’s action)
linked to: Orsino
appearsIn Twelfth Night
approximateDateOfComposition circa 1601
associatedWorkAuthor William Shakespeare
author William Shakespeare
belongsToGenreOfWork comedy (host play)
canonicalStatus part of the Shakespearean canon
centuryOfOrigin 17th century
countryOfOrigin England
creator William Shakespeare
firstPerformanceInWork Twelfth Night
genre funeral lament
melancholic song
hasAdaptation musical settings by various composers
influence inspired numerous musical compositions
isQuotedAs "Come away, come away, death"
language English
literaryDevice imagery of burial and decay
paradox between comic play and tragic song
literaryForm dramatic lyric
literaryMovement Elizabethan drama
literaryPeriod English Renaissance
literaryStatus well-known Shakespearean song
originalForm lyric
originalMedium stage performance
partOf Twelfth Night
performedByCharacter Feste
performedInAct Act II of Twelfth Night
performedInScene Act II, Scene 4 of Twelfth Night
playwright William Shakespeare
settingContext Illyria
subjectMatter desire for death after romantic rejection
theme death
grief
melancholy
mortality
unrequited love
tone elegiac
somber
workTypeContext song within a play

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Twelfth Night famousSong Come Away, Come Away, Death
Feste singsSong Come Away, Come Away, Death
Come Away, Come Away, Death isQuotedAs "Come away, come away, death"
linked to: Come Away, Come Away, Death