Gaelic poetry
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Gaelic poetry is the traditional verse literature of Gaelic-speaking peoples, expressing their history, mythology, and cultural identity through distinctive forms and oral and written styles.
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Celtic literature
ⓘ
literary genre ⓘ oral literature ⓘ poetry tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gaelic-speaking peoples ⓘ |
| developedIn |
Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isle of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
alliteration
ⓘ
assonance ⓘ complex metre ⓘ consonance ⓘ formulaic expressions ⓘ internal rhyme ⓘ oral performance ⓘ strong musicality ⓘ use of parallelism ⓘ use of refrain ⓘ |
| hasForm |
ballad
ⓘ
elegy ⓘ love lyric ⓘ lullaby ⓘ narrative poem ⓘ praise poetry ⓘ religious hymn ⓘ satire ⓘ work song ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
cultural identity
ⓘ
exile ⓘ genealogy ⓘ heroism ⓘ history ⓘ lamentation ⓘ landscape ⓘ love ⓘ mythology ⓘ politics ⓘ religion ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| influenced |
Celtic Revival literature
ⓘ
modern Irish poetry ⓘ modern Scottish Gaelic literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian monastic culture
ⓘ
early Irish bardic tradition ⓘ |
| partOf | Gaelic literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gaelic song
ⓘ
bardic poetry ⓘ sean-nós singing ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ modern period ⓘ |
| transmittedBy |
manuscript culture
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oral tradition ⓘ print culture ⓘ |
| usesLanguage |
Irish
ⓘ
Manx Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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