The Prospect of Peace

E709764

"The Prospect of Peace" is an early 18th-century poem by Thomas Tickell that celebrates the end of the War of the Spanish Succession and the promise of political stability in Europe.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Prospect of Peace canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
approximatePublicationPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
associatedWith British Whig political culture ⓘ
author Thomas Tickell ⓘ
belongsTo English neoclassical poetry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
focusesOn benefits of peace for nations and commerce ⓘ
glorification of political leadership securing peace ⓘ
restoration of peace after prolonged war ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasLiteraryPeriod Neoclassicism ⓘ
historicalContext Treaty of Utrecht ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm didactic poem ⓘ
literaryMovement Augustan literature ⓘ
mainTheme celebration of peace ⓘ
end of the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
political stability in Europe ⓘ
meter heroic couplets ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
setting Europe ⓘ
subject European politics ⓘ
international diplomacy ⓘ
monarchical power ⓘ
tone celebratory ⓘ
optimistic ⓘ
verseForm rhymed iambic pentameter ⓘ
writtenBy Thomas Tickell ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Thomas Tickell → notableWork → The Prospect of Peace ⓘ