The Scholar-Gipsy
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The Scholar-Gipsy is a narrative poem by Victorian poet Matthew Arnold that meditates on spiritual weariness and the longing for a more authentic, idealistic life.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Scholar-Gipsy canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Matthew Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Vanity of Dogmatizing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralSymbol | the Scholar-Gipsy as ideal seeker ⓘ |
| containsAllusionTo |
Oxford University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
gypsy life ⓘ pastoral tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | major work of Matthew Arnold ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1853 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Poems: A New Edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | blank verse ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
ⓘ
pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| hasCompanionPoem | Thyrsis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | standard anthologies of Victorian poetry ⓘ |
| influenced | later discussions of Victorian melancholy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
extended metaphor
ⓘ
imagery of nature ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | the Scholar-Gipsy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narrator | an Oxford student ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Dover Beach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thyrsis: A Monody to Commemorate the Author of Obermann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Oxfordshire countryside
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Oxford ⓘ |
| sourceAuthor | Joseph Glanvill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | continuous narrative without stanzas ⓘ |
| theme |
contrast between past and present
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escape from modernity ⓘ idealism versus modern life ⓘ longing for authenticity ⓘ loss of faith ⓘ modern alienation ⓘ persistence of the ideal ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ spiritual weariness ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
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meditative ⓘ |
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