Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl
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"Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl" is a narrative poem by John Greenleaf Whittier that nostalgically depicts a New England farm family snowed in during a winter storm, reflecting on memory, faith, and rural life.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Snow-Bound | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New England regional literature ⓘ |
| author | John Greenleaf Whittier ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
New England winter storm
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a farm family snowed in ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
domestic life
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recollection of the past ⓘ religious reflection ⓘ |
| form |
blank verse
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idyll ⓘ |
| genre |
narrative poetry
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pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | narrator ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
hearth and home
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light and darkness ⓘ snowstorm ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | classic of 19th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | Quaker family life ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
New England
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rural farm ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
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family ⓘ isolation ⓘ memory ⓘ nature ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Greenleaf Whittier
this entity surface form:
Snow-Bound