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  2. The Giaour - Wikipedia

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    The poem was an influence on the early work of Edgar Allan Poe. His first major poem, "Tamerlane", particularly emulates both the manner and style of The Giaour. [2] Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz translated the work into Polish. [3] Mickiewicz wrote in November 1822: "I think I shall translate The Giaour."

  3. The Remorseful Day - Wikipedia

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    The title derives from a line in the poem "XVI – (How clear, how lovely bright)", from More Poems, by A. E. Housman, a favourite poet of Dexter and Morse: "Ensanguining the skies How heavily it dies Into the west away; Past touch and sight and sound Not further to be found, How hopeless under ground Falls the remorseful day."

  4. Remorse for Intemperate Speech - Wikipedia

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    "Remorse for Intemperate Speech" is a poem written by Irish poet William Butler Yeats. It appeared in his 1933 volume of poems The Winding Stair and Other Poems. Yeats wrote this poem in August 1931. The contents speaks about the fanatic feelings and the capacity for hatred a person can feel in the dark part of the heart.

  5. List of poems by William Wordsworth - Wikipedia

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    Poems of the Imagination (1815–1843); Miscellaneous Poems (1845–) 1798 Her eyes are Wild 1798 Former title: Bore the title of "The Mad Mother" from 1798–1805 "Her eyes are wild, her head is bare," Poems founded on the Affections (1815–20); Poems of the Imagination (1827–32); Poems founded on the Affections (1836–) 1798 Simon Lee 1798

  6. Albatross (metaphor) - Wikipedia

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    In season 4, episode 4 of Orange Is The New Black Alex tells Red she is sorry for sharing 'This Albatross of a secret' with her. The famous BBC TV comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus broadcast a sketch called "Intermission" in Episode 13 of series 1 on 11 January 1970. Although only 40 seconds long, this sketch is one of the most ...

  7. Every Edgar Allan Poe reference in ‘Fall of the House of Usher'

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    Poe’s poem “The Raven” tells the tale of a man dealing with the grief of lost love Lenore. The man’s thoughts are interrupted by a raven at his window. The raven has one word to say ...

  8. Paradise Lost - Wikipedia

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    Key to the ambitions of Paradise Lost as a poem is the creation of a new kind of epic, one suitable for English, Christian morality rather than polytheistic Greek or Roman antiquity. This intention is indicated from the very beginning of the poem, when Milton uses the classical epic poetic device of an invocation for poetic

  9. Ayenbite of Inwyt - Wikipedia

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    This book is [the work of] don Michael of Northgate, written in English in his own hand, that's called: Remorse of Conscience. And in a postscript, Ymende. þet þis boc is uolueld ine þe eve of þe holy apostles Symon an Iudas / of ane broþer of þe cloystre of sanynt Austin of Canterburi / ine þe yeare of oure lhordes beringe 1340.