Night

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Night came down, and enfolded the earth in her dusky wings.

Virgil

Aeneid

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Topic

Night

Author

Virgil

Source

Aeneid

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

19 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Virgil. Aenē̆is [Aeneid]. 19 BC, bk. 8.

Current Citation

Virgil. The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2010, bk. 8.

I have been one acquainted with the night.

Robert Frost

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Topic

Night Depression Melancholy

Author

Robert Frost

Source

Acquainted with the Night

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Frost, Robert. "Acquainted with the Night." The Virginia Quarterly Review, Autumn 1928, st. 1, I. 1.