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THE HOMERIC HEXAMETER [DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED] by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

Poet Analysis

First Line: STRONGLY IT BEARS US ALONG IN SWELLING AND LIMITLESS BILLOWS
Last Line: NOTHING BEFORE AND NOTHING BEHIND BUT THE SKY AND THE OCEAN.
Subject(s): HOMER (10TH CENTURY B.C.); MNEMONICS; POETRY & POETS; ILIAD; ODYSSEY;

STRONGLY it bears us along in swelling and limitless billows,
Nothing before and nothing behind but the sky and the ocean.



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