O tis excellent | To have a giant's strength but it is tyrannous
- DMI number:
- 17243
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- O tis excellent | To have a giant's strength but it is tyrannous
- Last Line:
- To use it like a giant
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Blank verse, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Verse-drama
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts[Power] and Mythology[Giant]
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Measure for Measure Act 2 Scene 2.
- 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.38
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shakespear's Measure for Measure
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Measure for Measure.
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