Cavalier poetry
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Cavalier poetry is a style of 17th-century English verse, often light, elegant, and lyrical, written by supporters of King Charles I that celebrates honor, love, and loyalty to the monarchy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cavalier poets | 4 |
| Cavalier poetry canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Cavalier poetry Context triple: [Royalists, associatedWith, Cavalier poetry]
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Ricardian poets
The Ricardian poets were a group of late 14th-century English writers, including figures like Geoffrey Chaucer, who developed sophisticated vernacular poetry during the reign of Richard II.
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The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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Graveyard poets
The Graveyard poets were an 18th-century group of English writers whose meditative, melancholic verse on death and mortality helped bridge Neoclassicism and the emerging Romantic movement.
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Georgian poetry
Georgian poetry was an early 20th-century British literary movement characterized by traditional forms, pastoral themes, and a reaction against Victorian poetic conventions.
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Of the Love of Fame
"Of the Love of Fame" is a section of David Hume’s moral philosophy in which he analyzes the human desire for reputation and esteem as a key motive in ethical behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cavalier poetry Target entity description: Cavalier poetry is a style of 17th-century English verse, often light, elegant, and lyrical, written by supporters of King Charles I that celebrates honor, love, and loyalty to the monarchy.
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A.
Ricardian poets
The Ricardian poets were a group of late 14th-century English writers, including figures like Geoffrey Chaucer, who developed sophisticated vernacular poetry during the reign of Richard II.
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B.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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C.
Graveyard poets
The Graveyard poets were an 18th-century group of English writers whose meditative, melancholic verse on death and mortality helped bridge Neoclassicism and the emerging Romantic movement.
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D.
Georgian poetry
Georgian poetry was an early 20th-century British literary movement characterized by traditional forms, pastoral themes, and a reaction against Victorian poetic conventions.
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E.
Of the Love of Fame
"Of the Love of Fame" is a section of David Hume’s moral philosophy in which he analyzes the human desire for reputation and esteem as a key motive in ethical behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
17th-century English literature
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literary movement ⓘ poetic style ⓘ |
| employsRhetoricalDevice | conceit (less elaborate than metaphysical conceit) ⓘ |
| hasAestheticIdeal |
ease
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sprezzatura ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| hasForm |
epigram
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occasional verse ⓘ short lyric ⓘ song ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryContext |
Caroline era
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Stuart period ⓘ |
| hasNotablePractitioner |
Edmund Waller
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Richard Lovelace ⓘ Robert Herrick ⓘ Sir John Suckling ⓘ Thomas Carew ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalAlignment | Royalist ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext | English Civil War ⓘ |
| hasSocialContext |
aristocratic culture
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court of King Charles I ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
clarity
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elegant diction ⓘ formal polish ⓘ graceful wit ⓘ light tone ⓘ lyrical quality ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
carpe diem
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courtly life ⓘ friendship ⓘ honor ⓘ love ⓘ loyalty ⓘ loyalty to the monarchy ⓘ pleasure ⓘ war and duty ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| influenced | later English lyric poetry ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
Cavalier poetry
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cavalier poets
Royalists ⓘ supporters of King Charles I ⓘ |
| isContrastedWith | Metaphysical poetry ⓘ |
| isInfluencedBy |
Renaissance lyric tradition
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classical poetry ⓘ courtly love tradition ⓘ |
| usesForm |
rhymed couplets
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stanzaic forms ⓘ |
| usesMeter | iambic meter ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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