song “Come unto these yellow sands”

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“Come unto these yellow sands” is a lyrical song from William Shakespeare’s play *The Tempest*, sung by the airy spirit Ariel to enchant and guide shipwrecked characters.

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song “Come unto these yellow sands” canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean song
song
stage song
addresseeInFiction shipwrecked characters
appearsIn The Tempest
associatedWorkAuthor William Shakespeare
characterAssociated Alonso
Ferdinand
Gonzalo
Prospero
characterTypeOfSinger airy spirit
countryOfOrigin England
creator William Shakespeare
dramaticFunction enchantment
guidance
firstPerformanceContext early 17th-century English theatre
form song lyric
genre lyrical song
hasImagery dance and movement
sea shore
language English
literaryMovement English Renaissance drama
surface form: Elizabethan and Jacobean drama
literaryPeriod English Renaissance
lyricist William Shakespeare
meter predominantly iambic
notableLine And then take hands
Come unto these yellow sands
originalMedium stage play
originalWorkPublicationCentury 17th century
partOfWork The Tempest
relatedWork Full Fathom Five
surface form: Full fathom five

song “Where the bee sucks, there suck I”
surface form: Where the bee sucks, there suck I
settingInFiction a magical island
sungByCharacter Ariel
theme magic
music and dance
supernatural guidance
usedAs incantation
stage song within the play

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Ariel associatedWith song “Come unto these yellow sands”