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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: SATIRE (AS POETIC GENRE) Matches Found: 10 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A FABLE, by JOHN HOOKHAM FRERE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A dingy donkey, formal and unchanged Last Line: Till mr landor sent his works to press. Subject(s): Dryden, John (1631-1700); Satire (as Poetic Genre) A FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Shall essenc'd coxcombs who from toilettes Last Line: Own the supreme omnipotence of gold. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Satire (as Poetic Genre); Sin; Vanity; Virtue AMERICAN THEMES FOR A GILBERT, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sir william gilbert, master of the / lightsome and the lyrical Last Line: An opera on the task of finding some one to produce it. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Satire (as Poetic Genre); Writing & Writers IF!, by BARTHOLOMEW GRIFFIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Suppose 'twere done! Last Line: Of lingering smile on satan's face! Subject(s): Arms & Armor; Death; Devil; Satire (as Poetic Genre); War; Weapons; Ammunition; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub SATIRES: 1. THE STATE PROGRESS OF ILL, by EDWARD HERBERT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I say, 'tis hard to write satires, though ill Last Line: Compos'd as then: few men and many beasts. Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord Subject(s): Satire (as Poetic Genre); Sickness; Illness SATIRICAL LETRILLA, by MANUEL BRETON DE LOS HERREROS Poem Source First Line: Whene'er don juan has a feast at home Last Line: Well, be it so! Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Satire (as Poetic Genre) THE OTHER ARMY, by BARTHOLOMEW GRIFFIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O'er ruined road past draggled field Last Line: And fast it grows at every hedge! Subject(s): Death; Future Life; Marching & Marches; Satire (as Poetic Genre); Soldiers; Travel; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Journeys; Trips THE SIGNAL: OR, A SATIRE AGAINST MODESTY, SELECTION, by FRANCIS HAWLING Poem Text First Line: How shall I tell the torments of that hour Last Line: And ate out twelve months' labour at a meal. Subject(s): Modesty; Satire (as Poetic Genre) WEDLOCK, by HETTY WRIGHT Poem Text First Line: Thou tyrant, whom I will not name Last Line: For truth in whores and ease in hell. Subject(s): Satire (as Poetic Genre) WRITTEN IN A COPY OF HORACE, by ROBERT CAMERON ROGERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Could you tell from all his satires Last Line: Say, then, chloe, could you tell? Subject(s): Horace (65-8 B.c.); Poetry & Poets; Satire (as Poetic Genre) |
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