The Pleasures of Hope

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The Pleasures of Hope is an early Romantic-era poem by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell, celebrated for its eloquent reflections on hope, liberty, and human suffering.

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The Pleasures of Hope canonical 4

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instanceOf didactic poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Thomas Campbell ⓘ
boosted early fame of Thomas Campbell ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 18th century ⓘ
commercialSuccess yes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
criticalReception highly praised in its time ⓘ
firstEditionPrintRun relatively small ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat book ⓘ
form verse ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasIllustratedEditions yes ⓘ
hasQuotation And lends to the young and ardent mind / A charm it never finds again ⓘ
‘Tis distance lends enchantment to the view ⓘ
hasSubject French Revolution ⓘ
Polish struggle for independence ⓘ
consolation through hope ⓘ
exile ⓘ
moral improvement through suffering ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
influenced reputation of Thomas Campbell as a major poet ⓘ
influencedBy 18th-century didactic verse tradition ⓘ
Alexander Pope ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod early Romantic era ⓘ
meter heroic couplets ⓘ
notableFor early Romantic treatment of political themes ⓘ
eloquent rhetorical style ⓘ
highly polished couplets ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
partCount 2 ⓘ
placeOfPublication Edinburgh ⓘ
publicationYear 1799 ⓘ
publisher Mundell & Son ⓘ
structure two parts ⓘ
targetAudience general reading public ⓘ
theme hope ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
liberty ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
political oppression ⓘ
religious faith ⓘ
typeOfWork long poem ⓘ
verseForm rhymed iambic pentameter ⓘ

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Thomas Campbell → notableFor → The Pleasures of Hope ⓘ
Thomas Campbell → creativeWork → The Pleasures of Hope ⓘ
Gertrude of Wyoming → relatedWork → The Pleasures of Hope ⓘ