Hands' poems treat a wide variety of subjects and are frequently satirical. The Death of Amnon, a long poem in blank verse (regarded as the most serious and prestigious poetic metre by eighteenth-century literary theorists), divided into five cantos, tells the violent and sombre biblical story of how King David's son Amnon raped his sister Tamar and was killed by their half brother Absalom.
Hands' poems treat a wide variety of subjects and are frequently satirical.
nmod:poss
Number=Plur
hand
Hands
NOUN
NNS
case
's
'
PART
POS
nsubj
Number=Plur
poem
poems
NOUN
NNS
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
treat
treat
VERB
VBP
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
wide
wide
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
variety
variety
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
subject
subjects
NOUN
NNS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
are
AUX
VBP
advmod
frequently
frequently
ADV
RB
conj
Degree=Pos
satirical
satirical
ADJ
JJ
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
The Death of Amnon, a long poem in blank verse (regarded as the most serious and prestigious poetic metre by eighteenth-century literary theorists), divided into five cantos, tells the violent and sombre biblical story of how King David's son Amnon raped his sister Tamar and was killed by their half brother Absalom.
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
death
Death
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Amnon
Amnon
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
long
long
ADJ
JJ
appos
Number=Sing
poem
poem
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
blank
blank
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
verse
verse
NOUN
NN
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
regard
regarded
VERB
VBN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
advmod
Degree=Sup
most
most
ADV
RBS
amod
Degree=Pos
serious
serious
ADJ
JJ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Degree=Pos
prestigious
prestigious
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
poetic
poetic
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
metre
metre
NOUN
NN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
eighteenth
eighteenth
ADJ
JJ
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
century
century
NOUN
NN
amod
Degree=Pos
literary
literary
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Plur
theorist
theorists
NOUN
NNS
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
acl
Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
divide
divided
VERB
VBD
case
into
into
ADP
IN
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
five
five
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Plur
canto
cantos
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
tell
tells
VERB
VBZ
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
violent
violent
ADJ
JJ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Degree=Pos
sombre
sombre
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
biblical
biblical
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
story
story
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
SCONJ
IN
nmod
PronType=Rel
how
how
ADV
WRB
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
King
King
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
David
David
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nsubj
Number=Sing
son
son
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Amnon
Amnon
PROPN
NNP
advcl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
rape
raped
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Sing
sister
sister
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Tamar
Tamar
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
conj
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
kill
killed
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
their
their
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Frac
half
half
ADJ
JJ
obl:agent
Number=Sing
brother
brother
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Absalom
Absalom
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.