Pearl
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"Pearl" is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the anonymous "Pearl Poet," renowned for its intricate structure and spiritual meditation on loss and salvation.
Aliases (1)
- Pearl (poem) ×48
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English poem
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alliterative poem → dream vision → |
| alternativeNameForAuthor |
The Gawain Poet
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surface form: "Gawain Poet"
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| attributionStatus | anonymous → |
| author |
The Gawain Poet
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surface form: "Pearl Poet"
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| centralMotif |
pearl as symbol of perfection
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pearl as symbol of the soul → |
| character | the Pearl-maiden → |
| countryOfOrigin | England → |
| criticalReputation | one of the masterpieces of Middle English poetry → |
| dateWritten | late 14th century → |
| dialect | Northwest Midlands Middle English → |
| formalFeature |
link-and-phrase pattern between stanzas
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refrain-like repetition of key words → |
| genre |
allegorical poetry
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didactic poetry → religious poetry → |
| interpretation | often read as elegy for a dead child → |
| language | Middle English → |
| literaryMovement | Alliterative Revival → |
| literaryPeriod |
Middle English
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surface form: "Middle English literature"
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| manuscript | Cotton Nero A.x → |
| manuscriptLocation | British Library → |
| metricalForm | alliterative verse → |
| narrativeFrame | first-person dream vision → |
| protagonist | the Dreamer → |
| religiousTradition | Christianity → |
| rhymeScheme | ababababbcbc → |
| scripturalAllusion |
Sermon on the Mount
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surface form: "Beatitudes"
Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard → |
| scripturalSource | Book of Revelation → |
| setting |
heavenly city of New Jerusalem
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symbolic garden → |
| structure |
101 stanzas
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12-line stanzas → complex rhyme scheme → |
| theme |
Christian eschatology
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consolation → divine grace → grief → New Jerusalem →
surface form: "heavenly Jerusalem"
innocence → loss → salvation → |
| writtenInSameManuscriptAs |
Cleanness
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Patience → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight → |
Referenced by (8)
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