To His Wife
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"To His Wife" is a poem by the Roman poet Martial, known for its epigrammatic style and personal, often witty reflections on marriage and domestic life.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionCentury |
1st century
ⓘ
2nd century ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorWork | Epigrams (Martial) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Martial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Roman ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | poet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Roman marriage practices
ⓘ
Roman social customs ⓘ |
| genre | epigram ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Marcus Valerius Martialis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Martial's epigram collections ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Latin literature ⓘ |
| meter | elegiac couplets ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| style |
epigrammatic
ⓘ
personal reflection ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
private life of the poet
ⓘ
relationship between husband and wife ⓘ |
| theme |
conjugal relations
ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ marriage ⓘ |
| tone |
intimate
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ playful ⓘ |
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