Rabbi Ben Ezra
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"Rabbi Ben Ezra" is a reflective philosophical poem by Robert Browning that explores aging, faith, and the spiritual meaning of human life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rabbi Ben Ezra canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| addressesTopic |
maturity
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old age ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| author | Robert Browning ⓘ |
| collection | Dramatis Personae ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
considered one of Robert Browning’s best-known shorter poems
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widely anthologized ⓘ |
| famousLine | Grow old along with me! the best is yet to be ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Dramatis Personae ⓘ |
| form | rhymed verse ⓘ |
| genre |
dramatic monologue
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philosophical poem ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
20th-century religious poetry
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popular quotations about aging ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Ibn Ezra
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surface form:
Abraham ibn Ezra
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
biblical allusion
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dramatic monologue ⓘ extended metaphor ⓘ paradox ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Victorian literature
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surface form:
Victorian poetry
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| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| numberOfStanzas | 32 ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDate | 1864 ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
optimistic view of old age
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teleology of human life ⓘ trust in God’s plan ⓘ unity of life’s stages ⓘ |
| publisher | Chapman and Hall ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Judeo-Christian philosophy ⓘ |
| setting | reflective, philosophical address to God and humanity ⓘ |
| speaker |
Ibn Ezra
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surface form:
Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra
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| subjectMatter |
aging
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divine providence ⓘ faith ⓘ human development ⓘ purpose of suffering ⓘ relationship between body and soul ⓘ spiritual meaning of human life ⓘ value of experience ⓘ |
| tone |
didactic
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meditative ⓘ reassuring ⓘ |
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