No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face.

John Donne

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Topic

Beauty Grace Aging Middle age

Author

John Donne

Source

Elegy IX: The Autumnal Elegies (John Donne)

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1631 1630s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Donne, John. "Elegy IX: The Autumnal." Elegies, edited by E. K. Chambers. Lawrence & Bullen, 1896, I. 1.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "Elegy: The Autumnal." Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2007, I. 1.

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Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.

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Time
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Weigh’st thy words before thou giv’st them breath.

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Speaker
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Author

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1604 1600s 17th century
Era
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.

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Author

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Source
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Genre
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Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
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Time
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Original Citation

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