Soul’s Beauty
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Soul’s Beauty is a sonnet by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that forms part of his poetic sequence "The House of Life," exploring themes of idealized love, spirituality, and aesthetic devotion.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
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sonnet ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Elizabeth Siddal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Dante Gabriel Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 19th century ⓘ |
| collectionPublication | The House of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Body’s Beauty ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
devotional attitude toward beauty
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idealization of the beloved ⓘ relationship between physical and spiritual beauty ⓘ |
| firstLine | Under the arch of Life, where love and death ⓘ |
| form | sonnet sequence component ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasCompanionPoem | Body’s Beauty ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
discussed in scholarship on The House of Life
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praised for its spiritualized conception of beauty ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
icon-like representation of the beloved
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religious imagery ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later interpretations of Pre-Raphaelite aesthetics ⓘ |
| hasTone |
contemplative
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reverent ⓘ |
| includedIn | Rossetti’s sonnet sequence The House of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
allusion
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extended metaphor ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Pre-Raphaelite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| partOf | The House of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| poeticForm | Petrarchan sonnet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | abbaabba cdecde (approximate) ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Pre-Raphaelite literature studies
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Victorian poetry courses ⓘ |
| subject | the beloved as embodiment of soul’s beauty ⓘ |
| theme |
aesthetic devotion
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art and spirituality ⓘ beauty ⓘ ideal woman ⓘ idealized love ⓘ spirituality ⓘ the soul ⓘ visionary experience ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Dante Gabriel Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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