Stella

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Stella is the beloved muse and idealized lady addressed by the poet-speaker in Sir Philip Sidney’s sonnet sequence "Astrophil and Stella."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional woman
idealized lady
literary character
muse
appearsIn Astrophil and Stella NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre Elizabethan sonnet sequence
associatedWithTheme courtly love
idealized beauty
unrequited love
createdBy Sir Philip Sidney NERFINISHED
hasLiteraryMovement Elizabethan literature NERFINISHED
hasLiteraryPeriod Renaissance literature
hasMedium poetry
hasRelationshipTypeWithAstrophil distant beloved
hasWorkForm sonnet sequence context
inspiredBy Penelope Devereux (commonly believed) NERFINISHED
isAddressedBy poet-speaker of Astrophil and Stella
isAddressedIn sonnet sequence Astrophil and Stella
isAddressedInWorkBy Sir Philip Sidney NERFINISHED
isCentralFigureOf Astrophil and Stella NERFINISHED
isDescribedAs beautiful
chaste
spiritually elevating presence
virtuous
isIdealizedBy Astrophil NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
nameMeaning star
occupiesFunction object of Petrarchan praise
source of poetic inspiration
roleInWork beloved of Astrophil

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