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Is there any known tune for the last two verses of Rudyard Kipling's Parade Song of the Camp Animals?

answered Jul 9, 2021 at 20:10

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Why do we say “write any quote and sign by Mark Twain’s name and no one would object”?

answered Jul 16, 2021 at 17:24

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Full English or French online translation of "De pugna avium"

answered Jul 24, 2021 at 0:13

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What was the first work of fiction about flying machines?

answered Jul 29, 2021 at 16:03

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Meaning of "nobody seemed to be giving the dinners they had gone to" in "Little Dorrit"

answered Dec 18, 2022 at 14:55

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Is the deep source of the poetic inspiration for "A Boston Toast", specifically the Williams College song "Here's to old Fort Massachusetts", lost?

answered Aug 23, 2022 at 15:19

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Allusion in Nabokov's Pnin

answered Jan 10, 2022 at 4:12

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Is this mention of "people from another world" a reference to something in Pratchett's "Thud!"?

answered Mar 20, 2022 at 14:18

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What does "I struggled with some demons, they were middle class and tame" have to do with the rest of the verse?

answered Jun 19, 2022 at 12:13

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Is there a hidden meaning in the name of Captain Foulenough?

answered May 3, 2019 at 0:55

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Significance of rising/falling meter

answered Dec 1, 2018 at 19:24

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When was Marlowe's Doctor Faustus written?

answered Dec 19, 2018 at 19:33

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What is a Pippin at Michaelmas?

answered Jul 1, 2019 at 19:50

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Why does Caponsacchi count his fingers in "The Ring and the Book"?

answered Feb 28, 2019 at 12:56

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How can I find out who translated a book on Project Gutenberg?

answered Mar 3, 2019 at 22:32

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Meaning of “the fears of the fishing-rod of Utopia” in Forgetting by Robert Lynd

answered Jul 11, 2018 at 17:18

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What is the correct term for "fine words"?

answered Mar 10, 2018 at 13:11

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What is the quote "We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe" trying to convey?

answered Aug 14, 2017 at 17:14

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Should there be a trochee in the second to last line of Thomas Hardy's "The Oxen"?

answered Jul 25, 2017 at 19:32

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What was the clue that let Carla find the missing papers in The Poet's House?

answered Jan 28, 2023 at 21:08

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Who is the "lady weeping at the crossroads" in W. H. Auden's poem?

answered Jan 10 at 13:26

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Antecedent of a pronoun in Byron's "The Bride of Abydos"

answered Jul 21, 2023 at 14:46

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What figure of speech is "trèfles de braise" in "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"?

answered Apr 23, 2023 at 19:21

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What did W M Praed mean by 'see if he turns out his toe'?

answered Oct 29, 2023 at 1:16

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What's the title of this sci-fi story about a sentient planet?

answered Dec 6 at 13:16

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What are these allusions to other poems in Louis MacNeice's poem "The Gardener"

answered May 7 at 20:08

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What is the effect of using “silver” to describe the “horn” in "Madman's Song" by Elinor Wylie?

answered Mar 9 at 20:30

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What does it mean to "wear my decoration" in the poem "Tomato & Lettuce"?

answered Mar 12 at 23:55

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In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, why are there repeated references to halters jingling in chapter 4?

answered Mar 14 at 17:40

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What are the satellites in R. S. Thomas's poem "Here"?

answered Jun 21 at 0:43

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Is there any known tune for the last two verses of Rudyard Kipling's Parade Song of the Camp Animals?

Why do we say “write any quote and sign by Mark Twain’s name and no one would object”?

Full English or French online translation of "De pugna avium"

What was the first work of fiction about flying machines?

Meaning of "nobody seemed to be giving the dinners they had gone to" in "Little Dorrit"

Is the deep source of the poetic inspiration for "A Boston Toast", specifically the Williams College song "Here's to old Fort Massachusetts", lost?

Allusion in Nabokov's Pnin

Is this mention of "people from another world" a reference to something in Pratchett's "Thud!"?

What does "I struggled with some demons, they were middle class and tame" have to do with the rest of the verse?

Is there a hidden meaning in the name of Captain Foulenough?

Significance of rising/falling meter

When was Marlowe's Doctor Faustus written?

What is a Pippin at Michaelmas?

Why does Caponsacchi count his fingers in "The Ring and the Book"?

How can I find out who translated a book on Project Gutenberg?

Meaning of “the fears of the fishing-rod of Utopia” in Forgetting by Robert Lynd

What is the correct term for "fine words"?

What is the quote "We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe" trying to convey?

Should there be a trochee in the second to last line of Thomas Hardy's "The Oxen"?

What was the clue that let Carla find the missing papers in The Poet's House?

Who is the "lady weeping at the crossroads" in W. H. Auden's poem?

Antecedent of a pronoun in Byron's "The Bride of Abydos"

What figure of speech is "trèfles de braise" in "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"?

What did W M Praed mean by 'see if he turns out his toe'?

What's the title of this sci-fi story about a sentient planet?

What are these allusions to other poems in Louis MacNeice's poem "The Gardener"

What is the effect of using “silver” to describe the “horn” in "Madman's Song" by Elinor Wylie?

What does it mean to "wear my decoration" in the poem "Tomato & Lettuce"?

In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, why are there repeated references to halters jingling in chapter 4?

What are the satellites in R. S. Thomas's poem "Here"?