Down days

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Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Topic

Yin and yang Rain Sadness Down days The human condition

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

The Rainy Day Ballads and Other Poems

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1842 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Rainy Day." Ballads and Other Poems. Cambridge: John Owen, 1842, I. 14.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Rainy Day." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems & Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, I. 14.

I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right.

Sherlock Holmes

A Study in Scarlet

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Topic

Sadness Down days Depression

Speaker

Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

A Study in Scarlet

Medium

Novel Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A Study in Scarlet." Beeton's Christmas Annual. London: Ward Lock & Co., 1887.

Current Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. A Study in Scarlet. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2012, pt. 1, ch. 1.

A foggy day in London Town
Had me low and had me down.
I viewed the morning with alarm.
The British Museum had lost its charm.

Ira Gershwin

A Foggy Day

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Topic

London Down days

Speaker

Jerry Halliday

Actor

Fred Astaire

Author

Ira Gershwin

Source

A Foggy Day A Damsel in Distress

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical comedy (film) Musical (film) Musical comedy Musical

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

"A Foggy Day in London Town." A Damsel in Distress. Directed by George Stevens, performed by Fred Astaire, RKO Radio Pictures, 1937.