The Eve of St. Agnes

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The Eve of St. Agnes is a narrative poem by John Keats that blends medieval romance, vivid sensual imagery, and themes of love and superstition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf narrative poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
alludesTo St. Agnes ⓘ
linked to: St Agnes
author John Keats ⓘ
basedOn folk belief about St. Agnes's Eve ⓘ
centralCharacters Angela ⓘ
Madeline ⓘ
Madeline's family ⓘ
Porphyro ⓘ
compositionPeriod 1819 ⓘ
containsMotif cold versus warmth ⓘ
dream vision ⓘ
feast and revelry ⓘ
forbidden love ⓘ
light and darkness ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1820 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems ⓘ
genre medieval romance ⓘ
romantic poetry ⓘ
hasForm verse narrative ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later Victorian medievalist poetry ⓘ
imageryType religious imagery ⓘ
sensual imagery ⓘ
visual imagery ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement English Romantic movement ⓘ
literaryPeriod Romanticism ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narrator ⓘ
notableFor blend of romance and superstition ⓘ
rich sensuous description ⓘ
numberOfStanzas 42 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition Taylor and Hessey ⓘ
settingPlace a medieval castle ⓘ
settingTime Middle Ages ⓘ
stanzaForm Spenserian stanza ⓘ
theme dream versus reality ⓘ
escape and elopement ⓘ
love ⓘ
religion and ritual ⓘ
sensuality ⓘ
superstition ⓘ
youth and age ⓘ
tone melancholic ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
sensuous ⓘ
writtenBy John Keats ⓘ

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John Keats → notableWork → The Eve of St. Agnes ⓘ
Spenserian stanza → usedInWork → The Eve of St. Agnes ⓘ
To Autumn → firstPublishedIn → Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems ⓘ
linked to: The Eve of St. Agnes
Ode to Psyche → firstPublishedIn → Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems ⓘ
linked to: The Eve of St. Agnes
Lamia (poem) → firstPublishedIn → Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems ⓘ
subject linked to: Lamia
linked to: The Eve of St. Agnes
Lamia (poem) → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Eve of St Agnes ⓘ
subject linked to: Lamia
linked to: The Eve of St. Agnes
Wentworth Place, Hampstead → significantWorkComposed → “The Eve of St Agnes” ⓘ
linked to: The Eve of St. Agnes
The Eve of St. Agnes → firstPublishedIn → Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems ⓘ
linked to: The Eve of St. Agnes
Cockney School of poetry → notableWork → Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems ⓘ
linked to: The Eve of St. Agnes
Lycius → appearsInCollection → Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems ⓘ
linked to: The Eve of St. Agnes
Porphyro → appearsIn → The Eve of St. Agnes ⓘ
Porphyro → visitTime → Eve of St. Agnes ⓘ
linked to: The Eve of St. Agnes
Porphyro → firstPublishedIn → The Eve of St. Agnes (1820) ⓘ
linked to: The Eve of St. Agnes
Angela → appearsIn → The Eve of St. Agnes ⓘ
Angela → workSetDuring → Eve of St. Agnes (Christian feast day) ⓘ
linked to: The Eve of St. Agnes