Days decrease,
And autumn grows, autumn in everything.

Robert Browning

Andrea del Sarto

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Topic

Autumn Seasons

Author

Robert Browning

Source

Andrea del Sarto

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1855 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Playwright Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Browning, Robert. "Andrea del Sarto." Men and Women. London: Chapman and Hall, 1855, I. 44.

Current Citation

Browning, Robert. "Andrea del Sarto." Robert Browning: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 44.

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Source
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
1851 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 135.

Current Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 135.

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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
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Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

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Author

William Shakespeare
Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile Question
Language
English
Time
1609 1600s 17th century
Era
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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