So sullenly addicted still
- DMI number:
- 5552
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- So sullenly addicted still
- Last Line:
- As when 'tis in a wrong belief
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Lampoon and Couplet
- Themes:
- Women / the female character
- Author:
- Samuel Butler
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Hudibras. All the male pronouns in the original have been here turned to female, to make this into an attack on women. Wilders (1967): 245-7 (III, ii).
- First Line:
- For fools are stubborn in their way
- Last Line:
- As when tis in a wrong belief
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- He still resolved to mend the matter
- Last Line:
- His freaks appeared to sit the closer
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- So sullenly addicted still
- Last Line:
- The more they're cudgeled grow the stiffer
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
- Page No(s):
- p.180
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Butler. Hudibras.
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