Soul and Body I

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Soul and Body I is an Old English religious poem that dramatizes a dialogue between a soul and its corpse, reflecting on sin, judgment, and the afterlife.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Soul and Body I canonical 2
The Soul and Body II 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old English poem ⓘ
religious poem ⓘ
aim to encourage repentance ⓘ
to prepare the audience for judgment ⓘ
audience Christian Anglo-Saxon listeners or readers ⓘ
concerns eschatology ⓘ
individual judgment after death ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dialogueParticipants corpse ⓘ
soul ⓘ
didacticFunction moral instruction ⓘ
warning against sin ⓘ
focus fate of the sinful soul ⓘ
genre dialogue poem ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
imagery corpse in the grave ⓘ
torment of the soul ⓘ
influencedBy Christian homiletic tradition ⓘ
medieval eschatological teaching ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
literaryForm verse ⓘ
literaryMotif body-soul debate ⓘ
memento mori ⓘ
literaryPeriod Old English period ⓘ
linked to: Old English
literaryTradition body and soul debate tradition ⓘ
meter alliterative verse ⓘ
moralPerspective orthodox Christian ⓘ
narrativeDevice dialogue between soul and corpse ⓘ
originalScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
philosophicalTopic nature of the soul ⓘ
relationship between body and soul ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
setting after death ⓘ
subjectMatter post-mortem fate of the sinner ⓘ
theme afterlife ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
judgment ⓘ
penitence ⓘ
relationship between soul and body ⓘ
resurrection of the body ⓘ
sin ⓘ
tone admonitory ⓘ
somber ⓘ
workType didactic religious poem ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vercelli Book → contains → Soul and Body I ⓘ
MS 3501 → contains → The Soul and Body II ⓘ
linked to: Soul and Body I
Codex CXVII → contains → Soul and Body I ⓘ