The Loves of the Plants
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The Loves of the Plants is a didactic poem by Erasmus Darwin that personifies plant reproduction to popularize contemporary botanical science.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
didactic poem
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poem ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
make botany entertaining
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make scientific knowledge accessible through poetry ⓘ |
| author | Erasmus Darwin ⓘ |
| authorNationality | English ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
naturalist
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physician ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain ⓘ |
| depicts | plants as anthropomorphized lovers ⓘ |
| educationalRole | popularization of science ⓘ |
| firstPublisherLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| focusesOn | sexual characteristics of plants ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
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scientific poetry ⓘ |
| hasCommentary | prose notes by Erasmus Darwin in The Botanic Garden ⓘ |
| hasForm |
heroic couplets
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verse ⓘ |
| hasMeter | rhymed couplets ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
moral and social allegory using plants
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scientific understanding through poetry ⓘ unity of nature and love ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-Romantic British literature ⓘ |
| influenced | early Romantic poets interested in nature ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Linnaean system of plant classification ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general educated public
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readers interested in natural history ⓘ |
| isVolumeOf | two-part work The Botanic Garden ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice | personification ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Enlightenment literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
botany
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plant reproduction ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| originalPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| partOf | The Botanic Garden ⓘ |
| period | 18th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1789 ⓘ |
| purpose | to popularize contemporary botanical science ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Economy of Vegetation ⓘ |
| scientificBasis | contemporary botanical science of the late 18th century ⓘ |
| setting | idealized botanical world ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSubjectMatter | contemporary 18th-century botany ⓘ |
| uses |
classical references
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mythological allusions ⓘ |
| usesClassificationSystem | Linnaean sexual system of plants ⓘ |
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