What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish?

Thomas Gray

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Topic

Nature of women Jewelry

Author

Thomas Gray

Source

Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1748 1740s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Gray, Thomas. "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes." Collection of Poems by Several Hands. Vol. 2, London, 1748. Originally sent in a letter to Horace Walpole, 1 Mar. 1747.

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Time
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Statement Type
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Time
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