poem "Das Grab im Busento"

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"Das Grab im Busento" is a Romantic-era German poem by August von Platen that mythically recounts the secret burial of the Visigoth king Alaric in the Busento River.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author August von Platen ⓘ
August von Platen-Hallermünde ⓘ
linked to: August von Platen
basedOn legend of Alaric’s burial in the Busento River ⓘ
characterMentioned Italian locals ⓘ
Visigoth warriors ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
depicts burial of Alaric I ⓘ
describesEvent diversion of a river to create a secret grave ⓘ
reuniting of the river over the grave ⓘ
form rhymed verse ⓘ
genre historical poem ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact frequently anthologized in German poetry collections ⓘ
taught in German literature education ⓘ
hasSubject Gothic king ⓘ
Visigoths ⓘ
linked to: Goths
hasTitleInLanguage Das Grab im Busento ⓘ
influenced German school canon of Romantic poetry ⓘ
literaryDevice alliteration ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
pathos ⓘ
romanticization of history ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th century literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Alaric I ⓘ
meter regular meter ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
partOf German Romantic literature ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
relatedWork German Romantic historical ballads ⓘ
poems about Alaric I ⓘ
settingLocation Busento River ⓘ
Cosenza ⓘ
settingTime 5th century ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
heroic memory ⓘ
mythic glorification of the past ⓘ
transience of power ⓘ
titleTranslation The Grave in the Busento ⓘ
linked to: Das Grab im Busento

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Busento River (legendary) → inspiredWork → poem "Das Grab im Busento" ⓘ
Busento → relatedWork → poem "Das Grab im Busento" by August von Platen ⓘ
subject linked to: river Busento
linked to: poem "Das Grab im Busento"