For within the hollow crown
- DMI number:
- 37406
- First Line:
- For within the hollow crown
- Last Line:
- How can you say to me I am a king
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Drama, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Death, Disaster, Politics, The monarchy (heads of state), and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.275-276
- Poem Title:
- On the Vanity of Power, and the Misery of Kings.
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
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