Thus like the range of fire the combat burns
- DMI number:
- 28052
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Thus like the range of fire the combat burns
- Last Line:
- Our swords kept time and conquered side by side
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death, Fighting / conflict, Grief / sadness / melancholy, Mythology, and War
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from the Iliad, Book XVIII. Twickenham edition VIII.
- Translated from:
- Homer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Homer's Iliad, Book XVIII.
- Title:
- The polite companion: containing essays illustrated with passages from the poets, orators [T202654] [Vol.1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.41-54
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr Pope#s beautiful version.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. Iliad. Book 18.
Homer. Iliad. Book 18.
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