On the Death of Mr. Addison

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elegy poem

"On the Death of Mr. Addison" is an elegiac poem by Thomas Tickell mourning the passing and celebrating the virtues of the essayist and statesman Joseph Addison.

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Label	Occurrences
On the Death of Mr. Addison canonical	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	elegy ⓘ poem ⓘ
addressee	readers of The Spectator generation ⓘ
associatedWith	The Spectator circle NERFINISHED ⓘ Whig literary culture ⓘ
author	Thomas Tickell NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemorates	Joseph Addison NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemorativeOf	Joseph Addison's death ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
focusesOn	the exemplary death of Joseph Addison ⓘ the moral influence of Joseph Addison's life ⓘ
genre	elegiac poetry ⓘ
hasTitle	On the Death of Mr. Addison NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	early 18th-century British literature ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryDevice	allusion ⓘ apostrophe ⓘ classical imagery ⓘ personification ⓘ
literaryForm	verse ⓘ
literaryMovement	Augustan poetry ⓘ
memorializes	Joseph Addison's character ⓘ
meter	heroic couplets ⓘ
originalPublicationCentury	18th century ⓘ
portrays	Joseph Addison as a Christian ⓘ Joseph Addison as a moralist ⓘ Joseph Addison as a statesman ⓘ
praises	Joseph Addison's literary achievements ⓘ Joseph Addison's piety ⓘ Joseph Addison's public service ⓘ
rhymeScheme	rhyming couplets ⓘ
subject	Joseph Addison NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	fame ⓘ friendship ⓘ immortality of reputation ⓘ mourning ⓘ virtue ⓘ
tone	melancholic ⓘ reverent ⓘ solemn ⓘ
workOf	Thomas Tickell NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Subject: On the Death of Mr. Addison
Description of subject: "On the Death of Mr. Addison" is an elegiac poem by Thomas Tickell mourning the passing and celebrating the virtues of the essayist and statesman Joseph Addison.

Referenced by (1)

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Thomas Tickell → notableWork → On the Death of Mr. Addison ⓘ