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.

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Rabbi Ben Ezra canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
addressesTopic maturity ⓘ
old age ⓘ
youth ⓘ
author Robert Browning ⓘ
collection Dramatis Personae ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception considered one of Robert Browning’s best-known shorter poems ⓘ
widely anthologized ⓘ
famousLine Grow old along with me! the best is yet to be ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Dramatis Personae ⓘ
form rhymed verse ⓘ
genre dramatic monologue ⓘ
philosophical poem ⓘ
hasInfluenced 20th-century religious poetry ⓘ
popular quotations about aging ⓘ
inspiredBy Ibn Ezra ⓘ
surface form: Abraham ibn Ezra
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice biblical allusion ⓘ
dramatic monologue ⓘ
extended metaphor ⓘ
paradox ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature ⓘ
surface form: Victorian poetry
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
numberOfStanzas 32 ⓘ
originalPublicationDate 1864 ⓘ
philosophicalTheme optimistic view of old age ⓘ
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 ⓘ
surface form: Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra
subjectMatter aging ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
faith ⓘ
human development ⓘ
purpose of suffering ⓘ
relationship between body and soul ⓘ
spiritual meaning of human life ⓘ
value of experience ⓘ
tone didactic ⓘ
meditative ⓘ
reassuring ⓘ

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Robert Browning → notableWork → Rabbi Ben Ezra ⓘ
Dramatis Personae → hasPoem → Rabbi Ben Ezra ⓘ