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The Phoenix and Turtle

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In this allegorical poem, Shakespeare depicts a funeral arranged for a phoenix and turtledove. The two birds are portrayed as emblems of devotion. The poem describes their ideal love, and how with their deaths, this ideal also dies.

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  • Title: The Phoenix and Turtle
  • Author: William Shakespeare
  • Publisher: Folger Shakespeare Library
  • Print Publication Date: n.d.
  • Logos Release Date: 2015
  • Language: English
  • Resources: 1
  • Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
  • Subjects: Poetry, English; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Resource ID: LLS:PHNXTRTLE
  • Resource Type: text.monograph.poetry
  • Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:04:52Z

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”. His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems.

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