Oh, love is the crooked thing,
There is nobody wise enough
To find out all that is in it,
For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

The Young Man's Song

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Brown Penny." The Green Helmet and Other Poems. The Cuala Press, 1910.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Brown Penny." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
1920 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." The Dial, Nov. 1920.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote from the 1910s

He was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life.

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Author

James Joyce
Source
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Egoist
Medium
Novel Magazine
Genre
Modernist literature
Language
English
Time
1915 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man." The Egoist. 2 Feb. 1914 - 1 Sept. 1915. Serial.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by John Paul Riquelme. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, ch. 4.

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If everything is imperfect in this world, love is perfect in its imperfection.

The Seventh Seal

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Actor
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Source
The Seventh Seal
Medium
Film
Genre
Fantasy drama (film) Drama (film) Fantasy drama Drama
Language
Swedish
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Det sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.