by Belloc · Cluster: Verse · Faith · Nature

Abstract

Belloc’s collected poetry, gathering his sonnets alongside lyrical, didactic and grotesque pieces, drinking songs, ballades and religious verse. Recurrent notes are the Catholic faith, the South Country and Sussex, comradeship over wine, mortality and the open road.

Capitoli / Chapters

Connections

Forms & Genres: Sonnet, Poem Sequence, Ballad Ballade, Comic Verse Song, Lyric Themes & Concepts: Faith, Nostalgia, Mortality, Comradeship, Nature, Transience Motifs: Wine and Drink, Road, Hill, Bells, Sea, Prayer, Sea and Voyage Historical References: Catholic Church, Boer War Settings: Rural England, France, Europe Characters: Virgin Mary Archetypes: Pilgrim, Poet as Prophet (2) Topoi: Open Road Homecoming, Carpe Diem, Memento Mori

Also relevant to: Faith · Providence · Divine Love