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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: DEFEAT Matches Found: 8 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DECLINE AND FALL, by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We had a city also. Hand in hand Subject(s): City & Town Life; Ruins; Defeat MEASURING LIFE, by HARRIET ELEANOR HAMILTON (BAILLE) KING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Measure thy life by loss instead of gain Last Line: And whoso suffers most hath most to give. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton-king, Harriet Eleanor Variant Title(s): Love's Strength Subject(s): Defeat; Religion; Sacrifices; Theology SELF-CRITICISM IN FEBRUARY, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The bay is not blue but sombre yellow Last Line: Justice will prevail. I can tell lies in prose Subject(s): Self-defeat; Self-knowledge; Disappointment SELIMUS: ALONE, DEFEATED, by ROBERT GREENE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Shall selim's hope be buried in the dust? Last Line: He'll turn more fiercely than before he came. Subject(s): Defeat TESTAMENT OF DEFEAT, by ALES DEBELJAK Poem Source First Line: Are we the steam rising from the boiling cauldron or the tradition Last Line: We're as tired as the thick ash snowing through the seasons Subject(s): Defeat; Yugoslavia VICTORY IN DEFEAT, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Defeat may serve as well as victory Last Line: To stretch our spaces in the heart for joy. Subject(s): Defeat; Grief; Happiness; Sorrow; Sadness; Joy; Delight VICTORY MUST BE A SUMPREMELY GLORIOUS EXPERIENCE SAID A WOMAN TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, by ANNE CARSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: 2:22 am too hot to sleep Last Line: A defeat he replied Subject(s): War; Hate; Fear; Defeat; Victory; Wellington, Duke Of WE ARE THOSE PEOPLE, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have abhorred the wars and despised the liars, laughed at the frightened Last Line: Our women uncover themselves to the grinning victors for bits of chocolate Subject(s): War; Future; Defeat |
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