That in the captain's but a choleric word
- DMI number:
- 18998
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- That in the captain's but a choleric word
- Last Line:
- Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Social order and Virtue / vice
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Measure for Measure Act 2 Scene 2.
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus. Containing all the celebrated passages, soliloquies, similies, descriptions, and other poetical beauties in the body of English plays. [1724] [2 vols] [ESTC T134540]
- Page No(s):
- p.158
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ibid [i.e. Shak. Measure for Measure]
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Measure for Measure.
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