No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face.

John Donne

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Topic

Beauty Grace Aging Middle age

Author

John Donne

Source

Elegy IX: The Autumnal Elegies (John Donne)

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1631 1630s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Donne, John. "Elegy IX: The Autumnal." Elegies, edited by E. K. Chambers. Lawrence & Bullen, 1896, I. 1.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "Elegy: The Autumnal." Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2007, I. 1.

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When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not.

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I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright,
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William Shakespeare
Source
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Medium
Sonnet Poem
Language
English
Time
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Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 147, I. 13.

Current Citation

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Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.

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Source
1st Peter The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
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Time
65 60s 1st century
Era
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 1:24).