The Task
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The Task is a long reflective poem by William Cowper that blends meditative blank verse with vivid depictions of rural life and religious contemplation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Task canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
long poem
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poem ⓘ reflective poem ⓘ |
| author | William Cowper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | early 1780s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | William Unwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublished | 1785 ⓘ |
| followsWork | Table Talk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | blank verse ⓘ |
| genre | blank verse poem ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
NERFINISHED
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William Wordsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book I – The Sofa
NERFINISHED
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Book II – The Time-Piece NERFINISHED ⓘ Book III – The Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Book IV – The Winter Evening NERFINISHED ⓘ Book V – The Winter Morning Walk NERFINISHED ⓘ Book VI – The Winter Walk at Noon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
descriptive
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didactic ⓘ meditative ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Providence and divine governance
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critique of luxury and corruption ⓘ inner spiritual life ⓘ patriotism and national identity ⓘ simplicity of country life ⓘ |
| influenced | English Romantic poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | pre-Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 18th-century English literature ⓘ |
| meter | unrhymed iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anticipation of Romantic nature poetry
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blend of personal reflection and description of rural life ⓘ religious and evangelical themes ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 6 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publisher | Joseph Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | English countryside ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
moral reflection
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nature ⓘ politics and society ⓘ religious contemplation ⓘ retirement and solitude ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| writtenBy | William Cowper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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