Read full poem →Lo, Cupid brings his quiver spoilËd quite,
His broken bow, his firebrand without light!
How piteously with drooping wings he stands,
Dictionary Entry
An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the current situation.
In a Sentence
“The member of the college's Communist League was a firebrand who would launch a sit-in or protest march at a moment's notice.”
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Poetry examples for “firebrand”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →How pale his cheek, his eye how bright, 100
Whene'er the firebrand's fickle light
Glances beneath his cowl!
Read full poem →How pale his cheek, his eye how bright,
Whene’er the firebrand’s fickle light
Glances beneath his cowl!