For when this song is sung and past,
My lute, be still, for I have done.

Thomas Wyatt

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Topic

Poetry

Author

Thomas Wyatt

Source

The Lute Awake Tottel's Miscellany

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1557 1550s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wyatt, Thomas. "The Lute Awake, or The lover complaineth the unkindness of his love." Songes and Sonettes Written By the Ryght Honorable Lord Henry Howard, late Earle of Surrey, Thomas Wyatt the Elder and others. London: Richard Tottel, 1557.

Current Citation

Wyatt, Thomas. "My Lute, Awake! or The Lover Complaineth the Unkindness of his Love." Tottel's Miscellany: Songs and Sonnets of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Sir Thomas Wyatt and Others, edited by Amanda Holton and Tom MacFaul. Penguin Classics, 2012.

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Topic
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Genre
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Citation

Stevenson, Adlai. Speech in Switzerland. Economic and Social Council of United Nations meeting. 9 July 1965, Geneva, Switzerland.