I am ashes where once I was fire.

Lord Byron

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Topic

Aging Burnout Loss of passion Passion

Author

Lord Byron

Source

To the Countess of Blessington

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1824 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Lord Byron. "To the Countess of Blessington." Letters and Journals. London: J. Johnson, c. 1830.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "To the Countess of Blessington." Byron: Poems. Everyman's Library, 1994.

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You have deeply ventured;
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Topic
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Lord Byron
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lord Byron. Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. London: John Murray, 1821, act 1, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. The Collected Poems of Lord Byron. Wordsworth, 1994, act 1, sc. 2.

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Topic
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Speaker
William Ellery Channing
Medium
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Language
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Time
1829 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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You and I are past our dancing days.

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Topic
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Speaker
Capulet

Author

William Shakespeare
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1597 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. London: John Danter, 1597, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

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If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.

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Topic
Activism Political progress Social progress Progress
Speaker
Frederick Douglass
Source
West India Emancipation
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1857 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "West India Emancipation." 3 Aug. 1857, Canandaigua, NY, USA.