Algernon Charles Swinburne - Poets Pavilion

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Academic Focus: Metric analysis / Historical dialect interpretation. Engaging with diverse historical English builds phonetic agility, linguistic empathy, and reading stamina valued in selective entry exams.

O Rose! who dares to name thee?

No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet;

But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubble-wheat,---

Kept seven years in a drawer---thy titles shame thee.

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noun

Noble or aristocratic ancestry.

“She comes from a long line of blue bloods, with ancestors who were dukes and duchesses.”

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Poets Pavilion

Algernon Charles Swinburne1837–190919th centuryVictorian Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) was a English poet associated with Victorian. ReadingWillow includes public-domain poems by this author for classroom study.

Poems

7 poems

A Baby's Death77 lines · Narrative Poem
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A Ballad of Burdens77 lines · Ballad
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Autumn and Winter44 lines · Lyric
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Dedication to Joseph Mazzini42 lines · Lyric
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Mentana : First Anniversary90 lines · Narrative Poem
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The Death of Richard Wagner33 lines · Lyric
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The Year of the Rose86 lines · Narrative Poem
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