The head of man just like a hive is made
- DMI number:
- 9618
- First Line:
- The head of man just like a hive is made
- Last Line:
- Then like the rest they on each other prey
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Composite poem, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Imagination and Part of the body[Head; brain]
- Author:
- Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas]
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Composite extract with variants: ll. 1-6 from 'Similizing the Head of Man to a Hive of Bees'. Cavendish (1653): 149; ll. 7-10 from 'Similizing Fancy to a Gnat' (151); ll. 11-12 from 'I language want to dress my fancies in' (212-214); ll. 13-14 from 'The Prey of Thoughts' (150).
- Title:
- The agreeable variety. In two parts [T61602]
- Page No(s):
- pp.194-195
- Poem Title:
- The Head of Man compar'd to a Hive of Bees
- Attribution:
- From the Dutchess of Newcastle
- Attributed To:
- Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas]
- Title:
- The agreeable variety. In two parts. [T61568]
- Page No(s):
- pp.194-195
- Poem Title:
- The Head of Man compar'd to a Hive of Bees
- Attribution:
- From the Dutchess of Newcastle
- Attributed To:
- Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas]
- Title:
- The agreeable variety: being a miscellaneous collection in prose and verse from the works of the most celebrated authors [T61569]
- Page No(s):
- pp.194-195
- Poem Title:
- The Head of Man compar'd to a Hive of Bees
- Attribution:
- From the Dutchess of Newcastle
- Attributed To:
- Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas]
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