For places in the court are but like beds

DMI number:

17305

Poem Aliases

Webster. Duchess of Malfi. Act 1.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

For places in the court are but like beds

Last Line:

At that man's foot and so lower and lower

Poem Genre / Form:

Blank verse, Satire, Extract / snippet from longer work, Verse-drama, and Allegory

Themes:

Ambition, High society / the court, and Places[Hospital]

Related People

Author:

John Webster

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Gunby et al. (1995-2007): I, 475 (extract from 'The Duchess of Malfi', Act 1, Scene 1).

Content/Publication

Title:

[vol. 3] The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [vol III] [ECCO] [T131617]

Page No(s):

p.47

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Webster's Duchess of Malfy

Attributed To:

John Webster