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Zhuo Wenjun [a] (175 – 121 BCE) [1] was a Chinese poet of the Western Han dynasty.. Some of her most popular works include Bai tou Yin (Chant about Old Age), Juebie Shu (Farewell Letter) and Yuanlang Shi (Blaming Husband Poem), although some scholars [who?] debate her authorship.
Poem 66 is a translation of a famous poem by Callimachus, describing how the newly wedded Queen Berenice II of Egypt vowed to cut off a lock of her hair if her husband returned safely from a campaign; the lock disappeared and was discovered by the court astronomer among the stars. The story is told by the lock itself, who complains of its ...
As in poem 1, which with this poem is linked, the first ring deals mainly with Tibullus's desire for a simple life on the farm, and second with affairs of love (in this poem, the quarrels that may arise between husband and wife). A 1–14 The horrors of war B 15–24 Prayer to the Lares for protection B' 25–28 Prayer to the Lares for protection
Suzanne Somers' final gift from the love of her life, Alan Hamel, has been revealed. ET has learned that Hamel, who was married to the Three's Company star for 46 years before her death, gave her ...
Eva Larkin was Philip Larkin's mother. Born in 1886, she lived until 1977, dying 29 years after her domineering husband, Sydney Larkin. Larkin is often considered to have had a tense relationship with his parents; mainly due to his famous lyric poem "This Be The Verse" beginning with the line "They f*** you up, your mum and dad".
Interpreting the text of the poem as a woman's lament, many of the text's central controversies bear a similarity to those around Wulf and Eadwacer.Although it is unclear whether the protagonist's tribulations proceed from relationships with multiple lovers or a single man, Stanley B. Greenfield, in his paper "The Wife's Lament Reconsidered," discredits the claim that the poem involves ...
Unfortunately, though, a cheating spouse can ruin a wife's confidence. I'm very insecure about myself in my marriage since my husband cheated on me. Dependence can be extremely difficult to break.
An illustrated version of this poem is contained in Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated by James Thurber (1940). The poem is mentioned by author Antonia White in her autobiography As Once in May. As a child she read it repeatedly until she knew it by heart. A parody poem Towser shall be Tied Tonight was written by Anonymous. Set in ...