For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.

Langston Hughes

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Topic

Poetry Rainbows The ephemeral

Author

Langston Hughes

Source

The Big Sea

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Black poet Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Hughes, Langston. "I've Known Rivers." The Big Sea. Hutchinson & Co., 1940.

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Another quote from the 1940s

Hope raises no dust.

Paul Eluard

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Topic
Hope

Author

Paul Eluard
Medium
Poem
Language
French
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Eluard, Paul. "Ailleurs, Ici Partout." Poesie ininterrompue. 1946.

Another quote about Poetry

To name an object is to take away three-fourths of the pleasure given by a poem. This pleasure consists in guessing little by little to suggest it, that is the ideal.

Jules Huret

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Topic
Names Poetry
Speaker
Stephane Mallarme [Etienne Mallarme]

Author

Jules Huret
Language
French
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Mallarme, Stephane. Quoted in "Sur l'Evolution Litteraire [On Literary Evolution]." Enquete de Huret [Investigation by Jules Huret]. Interviewed by Jules Huret. Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1891.

Another quote from 1940

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Simone Weil

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Topic
Nature of power

Author

Simone Weil
Language
French
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Weil, Simone. "L'iliade ou le poeme de la force [The Iliad, or The Poem of Force]." Les Cahiers du Sud. 1940

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force." Simone Weil: An Anthology. Translated by Sian Miles. Grove P, 2000.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

Luke 15:6

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Topic
Sheep Reconciliation with God
Source
Gospel of Luke The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
61 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 15:6).