Come Away, Come Away, Death

E496756

funeral song literary work poem song

"Come Away, Come Away, Death" is a melancholic funeral song from William Shakespeare’s comedy *Twelfth Night*, often noted for its themes of unrequited love and mortality.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	funeral song ⓘ literary work ⓘ poem ⓘ song ⓘ
addressedTo	Orsino (within the play’s action) NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	Twelfth Night NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition	circa 1601 ⓘ
associatedWorkAuthor	William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToGenreOfWork	comedy (host play) ⓘ
canonicalStatus	part of the Shakespearean canon ⓘ
centuryOfOrigin	17th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
creator	William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceInWork	Twelfth Night NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	funeral lament ⓘ melancholic song ⓘ
hasAdaptation	musical settings by various composers ⓘ
influence	inspired numerous musical compositions ⓘ
isQuotedAs	"Come away, come away, death" NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryDevice	imagery of burial and decay ⓘ paradox between comic play and tragic song ⓘ
literaryForm	dramatic lyric ⓘ
literaryMovement	Elizabethan drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod	English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryStatus	well-known Shakespearean song ⓘ
originalForm	lyric ⓘ
originalMedium	stage performance ⓘ
partOf	Twelfth Night NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedByCharacter	Feste NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedInAct	Act II of Twelfth Night NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedInScene	Act II, Scene 4 of Twelfth Night NERFINISHED ⓘ
playwright	William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingContext	Illyria NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	desire for death after romantic rejection ⓘ
theme	death ⓘ grief ⓘ melancholy ⓘ mortality ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ
tone	elegiac ⓘ somber ⓘ
workTypeContext	song within a play ⓘ

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Twelfth Night → famousSong → Come Away, Come Away, Death ⓘ