Graveyard poets
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The Graveyard poets were an 18th-century group of English writers whose meditative, melancholic verse on death and mortality helped bridge Neoclassicism and the emerging Romantic movement.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
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| Graveyard school of poetry | 0 | 2 |
| graveyard school of poetry | 0 | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary movement
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poetic school → |
| aestheticTendency |
gothic sensibility
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taste for the sublime → |
| associatedWith |
Edward Young
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James Hervey → Robert Blair → Thomas Gray → Thomas Parnell → |
| concernedWith |
human frailty
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preparation for death → the vanity of worldly pursuits → |
| countryOfOrigin | England → |
| criticalLabel |
Graveyard poets
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Graveyard school of poetry
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| form |
lyric poetry
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meditative elegy → |
| genre | poetry → |
| historicalSignificance | helped prepare the way for Romantic poetry in Britain → |
| influenced |
Romantic poets
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surface form:
English Romantic poets
Romanticism → |
| language | English → |
| literaryContext |
late Neoclassicism
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pre-Romanticism → |
| literaryInnovation |
emphasis on personal emotion
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use of introspective first-person speakers → |
| literaryPeriod | 18th century → |
| mainTheme |
death
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melancholy → mortality → the afterlife → transience of life → |
| movementRole | bridge between Neoclassicism and Romanticism → |
| notableWork |
A Night-Piece on Death
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard → Night-Thoughts → The Grave → |
| philosophicalOrientation |
Christian moral reflection
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meditation on eternity → |
| stylisticCharacteristic |
meditative tone
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reflective verse → religious and moral reflection → somber imagery → use of graveyard and night settings → |
| timeFrame | mid-18th century → |
| typicalSetting |
churchyards
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graveyards → night scenes → |
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Graveyard school of poetry
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graveyard school of poetry
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Graveyard school of poetry