The Phoenix and the Turtle
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The Phoenix and the Turtle is a short, allegorical poem by William Shakespeare that meditates on idealized, spiritual love and the paradoxical union of two perfect but doomed lovers.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean poem
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allegorical poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Love's Martyr, or Rosalins Complaint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSection | threnos ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Phoenix
NERFINISHED
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Turtle dove ⓘ |
| firstPublication | Love's Martyr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1601 ⓘ |
| genre |
allegory
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love poetry ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
bird imagery
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fire imagery ⓘ funerary imagery ⓘ |
| includedIn | many modern editions of Shakespeare's poems ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
allegory of ideal marriage
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political or courtly allegory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | iambic tetrameter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
compressed style
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dense symbolism ⓘ paradoxical logic ⓘ |
| period | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| printedBy | Richard Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Edward Blount NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular end-rhyme patterns ⓘ |
| setting | funeral of the Phoenix and the Turtle ⓘ |
| structure |
description of the lovers
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funeral elegy ⓘ invocation and summons of birds ⓘ threnos (lament) ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Shakespearean criticism ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous scholarly articles ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
chaste love
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perfect but doomed lovers ⓘ spiritual union ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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idealized love ⓘ metaphysical love ⓘ paradoxical union ⓘ spiritual love ⓘ unity of lovers ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
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mystical ⓘ |
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Works of William Shakespeare