Gaelic poetry

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Gaelic poetry is the traditional verse literature of Gaelic-speaking peoples, expressing their history, mythology, and cultural identity through distinctive forms and oral and written styles.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gaelic literature 1
Gaelic poetry canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic literature ⓘ
literary genre ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
poetry tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Gaelic-speaking peoples ⓘ
developedIn Ireland ⓘ
Isle of Man ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
hasCharacteristic alliteration ⓘ
assonance ⓘ
complex metre ⓘ
consonance ⓘ
formulaic expressions ⓘ
internal rhyme ⓘ
oral performance ⓘ
strong musicality ⓘ
use of parallelism ⓘ
use of refrain ⓘ
hasForm ballad ⓘ
elegy ⓘ
love lyric ⓘ
lullaby ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
praise poetry ⓘ
religious hymn ⓘ
satire ⓘ
work song ⓘ
hasMainTheme cultural identity ⓘ
exile ⓘ
genealogy ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
history ⓘ
lamentation ⓘ
landscape ⓘ
love ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
politics ⓘ
religion ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
influenced Celtic Revival literature ⓘ
modern Irish poetry ⓘ
modern Scottish Gaelic literature ⓘ
influencedBy Christian monastic culture ⓘ
early Irish bardic tradition ⓘ
partOf Gaelic literature ⓘ
linked to: Gaelic poetry
relatedTo Gaelic song ⓘ
bardic poetry ⓘ
sean-nós singing ⓘ
timePeriod early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
modern period ⓘ
transmittedBy manuscript culture ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
print culture ⓘ
usesLanguage Irish ⓘ
Manx Gaelic ⓘ
linked to: Manx

Scottish Gaelic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Gaels → culturalTraditionsInclude → Gaelic poetry ⓘ
Gaelic poetry → partOf → Gaelic literature ⓘ
linked to: Gaelic poetry