The Explorers
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"The Explorers" is a poem by Walt Whitman that Ralph Vaughan Williams set in the final movement of his choral-orchestral work *A Sea Symphony*, evoking themes of seafaring, discovery, and the human spirit’s quest for the unknown.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral text
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
A Sea Symphony
NERFINISHED
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Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Walt Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Walt Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| evokes |
cosmic journey
ⓘ
maritime imagery ⓘ spiritual voyage ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
ⓘ
sea poetry ⓘ |
| influenced | choral symphonic repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| movementNumberInASeaSymphony | 4 ⓘ |
| partOf | Leaves of Grass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInASeaSymphony | final movement text ⓘ |
| setToMusicBy | Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
discovery
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exploration ⓘ quest for the unknown ⓘ seafaring ⓘ the human spirit ⓘ |
| usedAsTextIn | A Sea Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
A Sea Symphony