Why man he doth bestride the narrow world
- DMI number:
- 37385
- First Line:
- Why man he doth bestride the narrow world
- Last Line:
- That her wide walls encompassed but one man
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Drama, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Age, Ambition, Fame, Hate, Personal insults, 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):
- p.265
- Poem Title:
- Cassius in contempt of Caesar.
- 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.251-252
- Poem Title:
- Cassius in Contempt of Caesar. [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.251-252
- Poem Title:
- Cassius in Contempt of Caesar. [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.251-252
- Poem Title:
- Cassius in Contempt of Caesar. [Shakespeare.]
- Attribution:
- Shakespeare.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
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