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The barge she sat in like a burnished throne

DMI number:
37359
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Antony and Cleopatra.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
The barge she sat in like a burnished throne
Last Line:
And made a gap in nature
Poem Genre / Form:
Drama, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
Themes:
Beauty, Objects, Theatre, and Women / the female character
Related People
Author:
William Shakespeare
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Antony and Cleopatra Act 2 Scene 2.
Content/Publication
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.249-250
Poem Title:
Description of Cleopatra's sailing down the Cydnus.
Attribution:
Shakespeare.
Attributed To:
William Shakespeare
Title:
The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.239-240
Poem Title:
Description of Cleopatra's sailing down the Cydnus. [Shakespeare.]
Attribution:
Shakespeare.
Attributed To:
William Shakespeare
Title:
The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.239-240
Poem Title:
Description of Cleopatra's sailing down the Cydnus. [Shakespeare.]
Attribution:
Shakespeare.
Attributed To:
William Shakespeare
Title:
The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.239-240
Poem Title:
Description of Cleopatra's sailing down the Cydnus. [Shakespeare.]
Attribution:
Shakespeare.
Attributed To:
William Shakespeare