Soul’s Beauty

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Soul’s Beauty is a sonnet by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that forms part of his poetic sequence "The House of Life," exploring themes of idealized love, spirituality, and aesthetic devotion.

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Soul’s Beauty canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poem ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ
associatedWith Elizabeth Siddal ⓘ
author Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ
century 19th century ⓘ
collectionPublication The House of Life ⓘ
contrastedWith Body’s Beauty ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
explores devotional attitude toward beauty ⓘ
idealization of the beloved ⓘ
relationship between physical and spiritual beauty ⓘ
firstLine Under the arch of Life, where love and death ⓘ
form sonnet sequence component ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasCompanionPoem Body’s Beauty ⓘ
hasCriticalReception discussed in scholarship on The House of Life ⓘ
praised for its spiritualized conception of beauty ⓘ
hasImagery icon-like representation of the beloved ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later interpretations of Pre-Raphaelite aesthetics ⓘ
hasTone contemplative ⓘ
reverent ⓘ
includedIn Rossetti’s sonnet sequence The House of Life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice allusion ⓘ
extended metaphor ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
literaryMovement Pre-Raphaelite ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
partOf The House of Life ⓘ
poeticForm Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ
rhymeScheme abbaabba cdecde (approximate) ⓘ
studiedIn Pre-Raphaelite literature studies ⓘ
Victorian poetry courses ⓘ
subject the beloved as embodiment of soul’s beauty ⓘ
theme aesthetic devotion ⓘ
art and spirituality ⓘ
beauty ⓘ
ideal woman ⓘ
idealized love ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
the soul ⓘ
visionary experience ⓘ
writtenBy Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ

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The House of Life → hasPart → Soul’s Beauty ⓘ
Body’s Beauty → hasCompanionWork → Soul’s Beauty ⓘ