The House of Life
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The House of Life is a sonnet sequence by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that explores themes of love, art, memory, and mortality in richly symbolic, Pre-Raphaelite verse.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The House of Life canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetry collection
ⓘ
sonnet sequence ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Elizabeth Siddal
ⓘ
Jane Morris ⓘ |
| author | Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ |
| centralFigure | idealized beloved ⓘ |
| concerns |
relationship between love and art
ⓘ
tension between body and soul ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | considered one of Rossetti’s major works ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Poems (1870) ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Body’s Beauty
ⓘ
Nuptial Sleep ⓘ Soul’s Beauty ⓘ The Blessed Damozel ⓘ
surface form:
The Blessed Damozel (sonnet version)
The Choice ⓘ The One Hope ⓘ The Portrait ⓘ The Sonnet ⓘ |
| imagery |
dream imagery
ⓘ
painterly description ⓘ religious symbolism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian sonnet tradition
ⓘ
Francesco Petrarca ⓘ
surface form:
Petrarch
medieval love poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Raphaelite
|
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| numberOfSonnets | over 100 ⓘ |
| poeticForm | Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ |
| revisedIn | Ballads and Sonnets (1881) ⓘ |
| structure | sequence of interrelated sonnets ⓘ |
| style |
meditative
ⓘ
sensuous ⓘ symbolic ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
artistic creation
ⓘ
death ⓘ erotic love ⓘ memory ⓘ spiritual love ⓘ time ⓘ |
| theme |
art
ⓘ
love ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
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