"Her shatter'd fancy, like a mirror broken, / Reflects no single image just and true, / But many false ones."
— Home, John (1722-1808)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by Byrn and Son
Date
1777
Metaphor
"Her shatter'd fancy, like a mirror broken, / Reflects no single image just and true, / But many false ones."
Metaphor in Context
ALFRED.
She flew off at once
From that conceit. Her mind's a burning fire,
Where sudden thoughts, like wreaths of smoak arise,
And, parting from the flame, disperse in air.
Her shatter'd fancy , like a mirror broken,
Reflects no single image just and true,
But many false ones.
(II, pp. 22-3)
She flew off at once
From that conceit. Her mind's a burning fire,
Where sudden thoughts, like wreaths of smoak arise,
And, parting from the flame, disperse in air.
Her shatter'd fancy , like a mirror broken,
Reflects no single image just and true,
But many false ones.
(II, pp. 22-3)
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Provenance
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Citation
Alfred. A Tragedy. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Covent-Garden. (Dublin: Printed by Byrn and Son, 1777). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
08/23/2013
