While yet he speaks her powers of life decay
- DMI number:
- 31661
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- While yet he speaks her powers of life decay
- Last Line:
- Hangs round her neck and speaks his joy in tears
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Epic, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Ancient history, Death, Mythology, and Women / the female character
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from the Odyssey Book 23. Twickenham edition X.
- Translated from:
- Homer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The art of poetry on a new plan [vol 2] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.266-267
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Homer
Poem Aliases
Pope. Odyssey. Book 23.
Homer. Odyssey. Book 23.
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