Mariana (poem)
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"Mariana" is a lyric poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that portrays a woman’s desolate longing and emotional isolation as she waits in vain for her absent lover.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| poem "Mariana in the South" | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom | a situation in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure ⓘ |
| author | Alfred, Lord Tennyson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEmotion | hopeless longing ⓘ |
| characterOrigin | Mariana in the moated grange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | one of Tennyson's early masterpieces ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1830 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Poems, Chiefly Lyrical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | dramatic monologue ⓘ |
| hasAllusionTo | Shakespearean drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryOn |
female passivity
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gender roles in Victorian society ⓘ |
| imageryType |
auditory imagery
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nature imagery ⓘ visual imagery ⓘ |
| includedIn | standard anthologies of Victorian poetry ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Measure for Measure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredByAuthor | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mariana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | iambic tetrameter ⓘ |
| motif |
darkness
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decay ⓘ repetition ⓘ silence ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| numberOfStanzas | 7 ⓘ |
| refrain |
"He cometh not"
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"She only said, ‘My life is dreary’" ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB CDDC EFEF ⓘ |
| setting |
isolated farmhouse
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rural landscape ⓘ |
| stanzaLength | 12 lines ⓘ |
| theme |
despair
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emotional isolation ⓘ loneliness ⓘ stasis and inaction ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ waiting in vain ⓘ |
| title | Mariana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
desolate
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melancholic ⓘ |
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poem "Mariana in the South"