The Prince’s Progress
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The Prince’s Progress is a narrative poem by Victorian poet Christina Rossetti that explores themes of delay, spiritual failure, and lost opportunity through an allegorical fairy-tale journey.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Prince’s Progress canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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narrative poem ⓘ |
| author | Christina Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorialIntention | moral and spiritual warning about delay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
noted for its somber tone
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often contrasted with Goblin Market ⓘ |
| explores |
consequences of procrastination
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tension between earthly desire and spiritual duty ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
the Bride
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the Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical poem
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fairy-tale narrative ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ |
| hasCentralMotif |
journey
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missed arrival ⓘ waiting bride ⓘ |
| hasForm | lyric-narrative hybrid ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Dante Gabriel Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
failure to respond to divine call
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spiritual journey ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian allegory
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biblical imagery ⓘ |
| languageStyle | symbolic and richly imagistic ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Pre-Raphaelite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | varied metrical patterns ⓘ |
| mode | allegory ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person and third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| precededBy | Goblin Market and Other Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1866 ⓘ |
| publishedInCollection | The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Macmillan and Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular rhyme schemes with variations ⓘ |
| setting | imaginary medieval-like landscape ⓘ |
| structure | stanzas ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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delay ⓘ judgment ⓘ lost opportunity ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ redemption ⓘ spiritual failure ⓘ |
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