To Daffodils
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"To Daffodils" is a lyric poem by Robert Herrick that meditates on the brevity of life through the fleeting beauty of daffodil flowers.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| addressedTo | daffodils ⓘ |
| addressesTheme |
ephemerality of earthly pleasures
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inevitability of death ⓘ |
| author | Robert Herrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMotif | withering flowers ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
human lifespan
ⓘ
shortness of spring ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| firstLine | Fair Daffodils, we weep to see ⓘ |
| form | short lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre | lyric ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later reflections on nature and mortality in English poetry ⓘ |
| hasMood | elegiac ⓘ |
| hasPoeticSpeaker | first-person plural voice ⓘ |
| imagery |
flower imagery
ⓘ
nature imagery ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Robert Herrick’s poems ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
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apostrophe ⓘ metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ simile ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Cavalier poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | English devotional and reflective lyric ⓘ |
| meter | predominantly iambic ⓘ |
| numberOfStanzas | 2 ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept | memento mori ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular end rhyme ⓘ |
| stanzaForm | lyric stanzas ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
English literature courses
ⓘ
poetry anthologies ⓘ |
| subject | daffodil flowers ⓘ |
| symbol | daffodils as symbols of human life ⓘ |
| theme |
brevity of life
ⓘ
carpe diem ⓘ mortality ⓘ transience of beauty ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early to mid-17th century ⓘ |
| tone |
contemplative
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melancholic ⓘ |
| topic |
fleeting nature of youth
ⓘ
passage of time ⓘ |
| usesContrastBetween | brief life of flowers and brief life of humans ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Robert Herrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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