Old Ironsides
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"Old Ironsides" is a famous 1830 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that helped rally public support to preserve the historic U.S. frigate USS Constitution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Ironsides canonical | 3 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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poem ⓘ |
| alternateName | “Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!” ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Romanticism
ⓘ
naval history of the United States ⓘ |
| author | Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance | contributed to the preservation of USS Constitution as a museum ship ⓘ |
| effect | helped arouse public sentiment to save USS Constitution ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1830-09-16 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Boston Daily Advertiser ⓘ |
| form | poem ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poem ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
heroism in war
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patriotism ⓘ protest against neglect of national heritage ⓘ respect for national symbols ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | planned scrapping of USS Constitution ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 24 ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| meter | iambic tetrameter ⓘ |
| namedAfter | nickname of USS Constitution ⓘ |
| openingLine | “Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!” ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1830 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to protest the proposed dismantling of USS Constitution
ⓘ
to rally public support for preserving USS Constitution ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | 3 ⓘ |
| subject | USS Constitution ⓘ |
| workAbout | War of 1812 naval heroics of USS Constitution ⓘ |
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Subject: Old Ironsides Description of subject: "Old Ironsides" is a famous 1830 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that helped rally public support to preserve the historic U.S. frigate USS Constitution.
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