Summer

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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Topic

Summer The ephemeral Seasons

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 18 Shakespeare's Sonnets

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile Question

Language

English

Time

1609 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 18, I. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 18.

Inebriate of Air - am I -
And debauchee of dew -
Reeling - thro endless summer days -
From inns of Molten Blue.

Emily Dickinson

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Summer

Author

Emily Dickinson

Source

The May-Wine Springfield Daily Republican

Medium

Poem Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "The May-Wine." Springfield Daily Republican, 4 May 1861, I. 5.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "I taste a liquor never brewed." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 5.

And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days.

James Russell Lowell

The Vision of Sir Launful

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Topic

June Summer

Author

James Russell Lowell

Source

The Vision of Sir Launful

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Lowell, James Russell. "The Vision of Sir Launfal." The Vision of Sir Launfal and Other Poems. Cambridge: George Nichols, 1848, st. 5.

Summer time and the livin' is easy,
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.
Oh, yo' daddy's rich and yo' ma' is good-lookin',
So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry.

Ira Gershwin

Summertime

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Topic

Summer Seasons

Author

Ira Gershwin

Source

Summertime

Medium

Song

Genre

Great American songbook

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Gershwin, Ira and DuBose Heyward. "Summertime." Porgy and Bess. Composed by George Gershwin. 1935, Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA, USA.

Now the summer came to pass
And flowers through the grass
Joyously sprang,
While all the tribes of birds sang.

Walther von der Vogelweide

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Topic

Summer Seasons

Author

Walther von der Vogelweide

Source

Dream Song

Language

German

Time

1230 1230s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Citation

Von der Vogelweide, Walther. Traumdeutung [Dream Song]. c. 1230, st. 1.

Wheree'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade,
Trees, where you sit, shall crowd into a shade:
Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise,
And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.

Alexander Pope

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Topic

Summer Seasons

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

Summer -- The Second Pastoral, or Alexis Poetical Miscellanies

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1709 1700s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. "Summer: The Second Pastoral, or Alexis." Poetical Miscellanies. London: Jacob Tonson, 1709, I. 73.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "Pastorals." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 73.

Summer has set in with its usual severity.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Summer Seasons

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1826 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Quoted in "Letter to Bernard Barton, May 16, 1826." Written by Charles Lamb. 16 May 1826.

Why, this is very midsummer madness!

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night

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Topic

Summer Seasons

Speaker

Olivia

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Twelfth Night

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Romantic comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1602 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 4.

Current Citation

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