Horae Canonicae

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Horae Canonicae is a sequence of religiously themed poems by W. H. Auden that meditates on time, faith, and modern existence through the structure of the canonical hours.

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Horae Canonicae canonical 1

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instanceOf poetry collection ⓘ
sequence of poems ⓘ
addressesConcept historical consciousness ⓘ
relationship between individual and God ⓘ
tension between secular and sacred life ⓘ
associatedWith Auden’s postwar religious phase ⓘ
author W. H. Auden ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationForm poems first published individually in periodicals ⓘ
form lyric sequence ⓘ
meditative poem sequence ⓘ
genre modernist poetry ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
hasPart Compline ⓘ
Nones ⓘ
Prime ⓘ
Sext ⓘ
Terce ⓘ
Vespers ⓘ
influencedBy Auden’s Anglican faith ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ
intendedEffect contemplation of time and eternity ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterCollectedIn The Shield of Achilles ⓘ
literaryDevice biblical allusion ⓘ
irony ⓘ
paradox ⓘ
symbolism of hours ⓘ
literaryMovement Anglo-American modernism ⓘ
linked to: Modernism
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person reflection ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
structureBasedOn canonical hours ⓘ
targetAudience readers of religious and philosophical poetry ⓘ
theme Christian faith ⓘ
eschatology ⓘ
grace ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
incarnation ⓘ
modern existence ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
sin and redemption ⓘ
time ⓘ
usesMotif daily cycle of prayer ⓘ
liturgical time ⓘ

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W. H. Auden → notableWork → Horae Canonicae ⓘ