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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Politics of Author:
"Tory"
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Literary Period:
"Augustan"
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"Early Modern"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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"Long Eighteenth Century"
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Gender of Author:
"Male"
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Author name:
"Gay, John (1685-1732)"
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Metaphor Category:
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Date: 1713
"Since we have made this Breach in her Heart, my Lad, there is now no fear of gaining the Citadel."
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Date: 1728
"If Love the Virgin's Heart invade, / How, like a Moth, the simple Maid / Still plays about the Flame!"
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