The Task

E651820

The Task is a long reflective poem by William Cowper that blends meditative blank verse with vivid depictions of rural life and religious contemplation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Task canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf long poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
reflective poem ⓘ
author William Cowper ⓘ
compositionPeriod early 1780s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dedicatedTo William Unwin ⓘ
firstPublished 1785 ⓘ
followsWork Table Talk ⓘ
form blank verse ⓘ
genre blank verse poem ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ
William Wordsworth ⓘ
hasPart Book I – The Sofa ⓘ
Book II – The Time-Piece ⓘ
Book III – The Garden ⓘ
Book IV – The Winter Evening ⓘ
Book V – The Winter Morning Walk ⓘ
Book VI – The Winter Walk at Noon ⓘ
hasStyle descriptive ⓘ
didactic ⓘ
meditative ⓘ
hasTheme Providence and divine governance ⓘ
critique of luxury and corruption ⓘ
inner spiritual life ⓘ
patriotism and national identity ⓘ
simplicity of country life ⓘ
influenced English Romantic poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement pre-Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 18th-century English literature ⓘ
meter unrhymed iambic pentameter ⓘ
notableFor anticipation of Romantic nature poetry ⓘ
blend of personal reflection and description of rural life ⓘ
religious and evangelical themes ⓘ
numberOfBooks 6 ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publisher Joseph Johnson ⓘ
setting English countryside ⓘ
subjectMatter moral reflection ⓘ
nature ⓘ
politics and society ⓘ
religious contemplation ⓘ
retirement and solitude ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
writtenBy William Cowper ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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