Day her sultry fires had wasted. Calm and sweet the moonlight rose.

Thomas Campbell

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Topic

Dusk Moonlight

Author

Thomas Campbell

Source

The Turkish Lady

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1800 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Campbell, Thomas. The Turkish Lady. c. 1840.

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Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain.

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Topic
Stupidity
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Talbot

Author

Friedrich Schiller
Source
The Maid of Orleans
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play) Tragedy
Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 2
Citation

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Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Oscar Wilde

Intentions

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Topic
Dreamers Avant garde
Speaker
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Author

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Source
The Critic as Artist Intentions
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist Part II." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.