This tis for a puny | In policy's Protean school to try conclusions

DMI number:

17220

Poem Aliases

Massinger. Duke of Milan. Act 4.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

This tis for a puny | In policy's Protean school to try conclusions

Last Line:

Now makes me play the rogue against my will

Poem Genre / Form:

Blank verse, Dramatic monologue, Verse-drama, and Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Mythology[Proteus] and Politics

Related People

Author:

Philip Massinger

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Edwards and Gibson (1976): I, 272 (extract from 'The Duke of Milan', Act 4, 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.33

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Massinger's Duke of Milan

Attributed To:

Philip Massinger