Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:literary_work
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
3
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Mobile_Suit
gptkb:Piano_Sonata |
| gptkbp:cultural_impact |
influenced music and art
inspired memorials and tributes used in films and literature often recited at funerals reflects societal views on grief |
| gptkbp:cultural_significance |
expresses deep emotional states
often reflects on the passage of time used in funerals and memorials |
| gptkbp:defines |
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead
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| gptkbp:famous_quote |
' The curfew tolls the knell of parting day' from ' Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'
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| gptkbp:form |
lament
dirge threnody |
| gptkbp:historical_context |
popular in the Romantic era
revived interest in the 20th century |
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
adapted in contemporary poetry
used in songs and lyrics can address various forms of loss often used in contemporary poetry reflects cultural attitudes towards death used to commemorate the deceased |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Elegy
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| gptkbp:literary_devices |
gptkb:Person
gptkb:literary_work symbolism imagery alliteration |
| gptkbp:notable_artists |
gptkb:Matthew_Arnold
gptkb:John_Milton gptkb:W._H._Auden gptkb:Philip_Larkin gptkb:Thomas_Gray |
| gptkbp:notable_event |
' In Memoriam' by Alfred Lord Tennyson
' Lycidas' by John Milton ' Ode to a Nightingale' by John Keats |
| gptkbp:notable_for |
' Elegies' by John Donne
' The Elegy of the Last Poet' by John Keats ' Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' by Thomas Gray ' In Memoriam A. H. H.' by Alfred Lord Tennyson ' The Book of Elegies' by various authors ' The Waste Land' by T. S. Eliot |
| gptkbp:notable_traits |
can be structured in various forms
may include a call to remember the deceased may include a turn or shift in tone often concludes with a sense of acceptance often written in first person |
| gptkbp:origin |
gptkb:ancient_Greece
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| gptkbp:social_structure |
often written in a formal structure
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| gptkbp:themes |
gptkb:loss
mourning remembrance reflection on mortality |