Come Away, Come Away, Death

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"Come Away, Come Away, Death" is a melancholic funeral song from William Shakespeare’s comedy *Twelfth Night*, often noted for its themes of unrequited love and mortality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf funeral song ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
song ⓘ
addressedTo Orsino (within the play’s action) ⓘ
linked to: Orsino
appearsIn Twelfth Night ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition circa 1601 ⓘ
associatedWorkAuthor William Shakespeare ⓘ
author William Shakespeare ⓘ
belongsToGenreOfWork comedy (host play) ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the Shakespearean canon ⓘ
centuryOfOrigin 17th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
firstPerformanceInWork Twelfth Night ⓘ
genre funeral lament ⓘ
melancholic song ⓘ
hasAdaptation musical settings by various composers ⓘ
influence inspired numerous musical compositions ⓘ
isQuotedAs "Come away, come away, death" ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice imagery of burial and decay ⓘ
paradox between comic play and tragic song ⓘ
literaryForm dramatic lyric ⓘ
literaryMovement Elizabethan drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
literaryStatus well-known Shakespearean song ⓘ
originalForm lyric ⓘ
originalMedium stage performance ⓘ
partOf Twelfth Night ⓘ
performedByCharacter Feste ⓘ
performedInAct Act II of Twelfth Night ⓘ
performedInScene Act II, Scene 4 of Twelfth Night ⓘ
playwright William Shakespeare ⓘ
settingContext Illyria ⓘ
subjectMatter desire for death after romantic rejection ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
grief ⓘ
melancholy ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
tone elegiac ⓘ
somber ⓘ
workTypeContext song within a play ⓘ

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Twelfth Night → famousSong → Come Away, Come Away, Death ⓘ
Feste → singsSong → Come Away, Come Away, Death ⓘ
Come Away, Come Away, Death → isQuotedAs → "Come away, come away, death" ⓘ
linked to: Come Away, Come Away, Death