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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
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Author:
William Shakespeare
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
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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):
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