Noche serena

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Noche serena is a renowned mystical and contemplative poem by Spanish Renaissance writer and Augustinian friar Fray Luis de León.

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instanceOf contemplative poem
lyric poem
mystical poem
poem
associatedWith Spanish Golden Age literature
author Fray Luis de León NERFINISHED
authorNationality Spanish
authorOccupation Augustinian friar
theologian
university professor
centuryOfComposition 16th century
countryOfOrigin Spain
genre mystical literature
religious poetry
hasCanonicalStatus classic of Spanish mystical poetry
hasTitleTranslation Serene Night NERFINISHED
influencedBy Biblical Psalms NERFINISHED
Christian Neoplatonism NERFINISHED
classical Latin poetry
language Spanish
literaryForm lyric
literaryMovement Spanish Renaissance NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod Renaissance NERFINISHED
meter Spanish hendecasyllabic verse
originalTitleLanguage Spanish
partOf Fray Luis de León's lyric corpus NERFINISHED
religiousOrderContext Augustinian NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
studiedIn Renaissance literature courses
Spanish literature courses
style Renaissance classicism
mystical tone
theme contemplation of God
contemplation of the heavens
contempt for the world
desire for eternal life
distance between heaven and earth
divine perfection
human misery
spiritual ascent
transience of earthly life
tone devotional
meditative
philosophical
usesMotif contrast between heaven and earth
night sky as symbol of eternity
stars as image of the divine

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Luis de León notableWork Noche serena