The Wife’s Lament
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"The Wife’s Lament" is an Old English elegiac poem, voiced by a sorrowful woman lamenting separation and exile, and is one of the most studied lyric texts in Anglo-Saxon literature.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Wife’s Lament canonical | 3 |
| Bride's Lament | 1 |
| The Wife's Lament | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: The Wife’s Lament Context triple: [The Seafarer, relatedWork, The Wife’s Lament]
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The Constant Maid
The Constant Maid is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty dialogue and exploration of love and social manners.
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The Legend of Good Women
The Legend of Good Women is a late 14th-century poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that presents a series of narratives about virtuous women from classical and medieval literature, framed by an allegorical prologue.
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The Suitor
The Suitor is a painting by French Nabi artist Édouard Vuillard, known for its intimate domestic interior scene rendered in his characteristic decorative, patterned style.
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The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the mythological abduction of Leucippus’s daughters by the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux.
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E.
The Widow and Her Son
"The Widow and Her Son" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that portrays the quiet dignity and sorrow of a poor widow devoted to her only child.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Wife’s Lament Target entity description: "The Wife’s Lament" is an Old English elegiac poem, voiced by a sorrowful woman lamenting separation and exile, and is one of the most studied lyric texts in Anglo-Saxon literature.
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A.
The Constant Maid
The Constant Maid is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty dialogue and exploration of love and social manners.
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B.
The Legend of Good Women
The Legend of Good Women is a late 14th-century poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that presents a series of narratives about virtuous women from classical and medieval literature, framed by an allegorical prologue.
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C.
The Suitor
The Suitor is a painting by French Nabi artist Édouard Vuillard, known for its intimate domestic interior scene rendered in his characteristic decorative, patterned style.
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D.
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the mythological abduction of Leucippus’s daughters by the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux.
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E.
The Widow and Her Son
"The Widow and Her Son" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that portrays the quiet dignity and sorrow of a poor widow devoted to her only child.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Saxon literature work
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Old English poem ⓘ elegy ⓘ lyric poem ⓘ |
| anonymous | true ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | 10th century ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfManuscript | late 10th century ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
emotional suffering
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exile ⓘ lament ⓘ loneliness ⓘ loss ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ separation ⓘ sorrow ⓘ |
| collection |
Exeter Book
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surface form:
Exeter Book elegies
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| countryOfOrigin | Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ |
| genre |
elegy
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lyric poetry ⓘ |
| language | Old English ⓘ |
| lineCountApproximate | 53 lines ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
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kennings ⓘ variation ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Old English period ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ |
| manuscript | Exeter Book ⓘ |
| manuscriptLocation | Exeter Cathedral Library ⓘ |
| meter | alliterative verse ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person female speaker ⓘ |
| originalScript | Insular minuscule ⓘ |
| originalTitle | none (modern conventional title) ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | survives in a single manuscript ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Seafarer
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The Wanderer ⓘ Wulf and Eadwacer ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate |
genre classification
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interpretation of the speaker’s situation ⓘ relationship between speaker and her lord ⓘ |
| setting |
earth-cave or burial mound
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place of exile ⓘ |
| speakerGender | female ⓘ |
| studiedAs | one of the most discussed Old English lyrics ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
a woman lamenting separation from her husband
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forced separation and exile ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
feminist literary criticism
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philological analysis ⓘ translation into modern English ⓘ |
| voiceCharacterization | sorrowful woman ⓘ |
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