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"Full fathom five" is a catchphrase deriving from a verse passage, beginning with those words, in Shakespeare's ''The Tempest''. Its original context, during a storm and shipwreck. This three-word phrase has been repeatedly used in English-language culture, alone or in the context of larger parts or the whole of the passage, or referred to via abridgements of it, over the four centuries since its composition. * Large portions * * The whole of the stanza was set for choir by Ralph Vaughan Williams as one of his ''Three Shakespeare Songs''. * * Martin Amis's quotation of most of "Full Fathom Five", in his novel ''The Pregnant Widow, is among its many Shakespeare references. * *"The Fathom Five Matter" is a five-episode case in the radio serial ''Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar''; it uses the poem in full in the first episode. * *May Sinclair's ''Mary Olivier: a life'' contains (in Book Three "Adolescence", chapter viii) the first six lines of the song〔(May Sinclair, p.111, ''Mary Olivier'', The Macmillan Company, 1919 )〕 * *Much of the poem itself, including "Full fathom five" is used in the song "Blue Lagoon" by Laurie Anderson * *The stanza is quoted in, and provides the title for, the ''Doctor Who'' audio drama ''Full Fathom Five'' * First clause * *James Joyce's ''Ulysses'' contains the clause "Full fathom five thy father lies" * *John Cheever uses the clause "full fathom five my father lies" towards the end of the short story "Goodbye, My Brother". * The phrase * *Sting's song "Pirate's Bride" uses the phrase in the line, "Full fathom five my true love lies." * *"Full fathom five" is the opening line to the song "Anchor Me" by The Mutton Birds. * *''Full Fathom Five'' is the title of a 1947 painting by Jackson Pollock, containing dark blues that evoke the depths of the ocean. * *''Full Fathom Five'' is the title of the B-side to the Stone Roses' 1988 single Elephant Stone * *''Full Fathom Five'' is the title of a 1994 album by British band Sub Sub * *''Full Fathom Five'' is the title of the 1965 book by John Stewart Carter which won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award. * *Barbara Kingsolver's novel ''The Poisonwood Bible'' refers to the poem' following the news of the death of patriarchal character Nathan Price. * *Edgar Freemantle's psychologist in Stephen King's ''Duma Key'' sinks "full fathom five" into his sofa. * *Protagonist, Gordon Comstock, of George Orwell's ''Keep the Aspidistra Flying'' "was in the soup, full fathom five" (with reference to the loss of his job, and unravelling of his life) * *"Full fathom five" are the opening spoken lyrics of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich's song, "The Wreck of the 'Antoinette'". * *The song "Big News I" by American rock band Clutch contains the line "She's sunk full fathom, five, five, five." A live album by the band is also called Full Fathom Five. * *Full Fathom Five is a 1958 poem by Sylvia Plath. * *The phrase "Full fathom five" appears in Nadine Gordimer's 1999 short story "Loot". * *''Full Fathom Five'' is a 2014 novel by Max Gladstone. * Part of the phrase * *"Five Fathoms", a 1999 song by Everything but the Girl * *The boat at the center of the five-episode case "The Fathom Five Matter", in ''Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar'', is named the ''Fathom Five''. * *Fathom Five National Marine Park is a largely underwater national park in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Full fathom five (catchphrase)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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