Foreboding

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By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.

William Shakespeare

Macbeth

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Topic

Foreboding Apprehension

Speaker

Second Witch

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Macbeth

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.

The sky is darkening like a stain;
Something is going to fall like rain,
And it won't be flowers.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Foreboding

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

The Witnesses

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "The Witnesses." Listener’s poetry supplement, 12 July 1933.

And as the smart ship grew
In stature, grace, and hue,
In shadowy silent distance grew the Iceberg too.

Thomas Hardy

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Topic

Disaster Foreboding

Author

Thomas Hardy

Source

The Convergence of the Twain

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Original Citation

Hardy, Thomas. "The Convergence of the Twain." Souvenir Programme for the Titanic Disaster Fund, 1912, st. 8.

Current Citation

Hardy, Thomas. "The Convergence of the Twain." Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems, edited by Robert Mezey. Penguin Classics, 1998, st. 8.