We are dying, we are dying, we are all of us dying.

D.H. Lawrence

Last Poems

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Topic

Inevitability of death Death

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

The Ship of Death Last Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lawrence, D.H. "The Ship of Death." Last Poems, edited by Richard Aldington and Giuseppe Orioli. The Viking Press, 1932, stanza 6.

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Topic
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Author

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Source
The Odyssey
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 11, l. 489-491.

Current Citation

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