The whimsical drunk given to the occasional half-rhymed, fireside anacreontic is a pretty poor relation of the poet. |
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Shakespeare's last two sonnets are variations on an anacreontic epigram from The Greek Anthology. |
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I began by reading aloud an anacreontic, adding to its beauties by the modulation of my voice, and keenly enjoying her pleasure at finding her work so fair. |
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This form of the Trochaic is sometimes called Anacreontic, but very erroneously, as Anacreon's metre is quite different. |
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Tomlinson wrote the poetry of the Anacreontic song, which Stafford Smith set to music. |
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The Anacreontic poems were later discovered to have been composed by a number of poets over seven centuries. |
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In a world that was hostile to their practices and beliefs, the Anacreontic tradition will have given them a more sympathetic imaginary home. |
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