Swinburne
[ swin-bern ]
/ ˈswɪn bərn /
noun
Algernon Charles, 1837–1909, English poet and critic.
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How to use Swinburne in a sentence
For Swinburne, there are physical signs that a God made everything else, and that is that.
Jonathan Bate argues in the TLS that Swinburne was a master metrician as well as a pioneer in changing sexual attitudes.
The best and simplest way to make it clear how much Swinburne owed to Baudelaire is by means of parallel quotation.
The influence of Browning and of Swinburne upon the writer's taste is plain.
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There are dangers along these wild beaches; the poet Swinburne, when a boy, was almost cut off by the tide near Tintagel.
Swinburne's erotic ballads had, as I have noticed in an earlier volume, excited Punch's vehement disapproval.
But it is possible that Swinburne was too hasty in accepting ancient gossip, and that both the Faustinas were maligned.
British Dictionary definitions for Swinburne
noun
Algernon Charles. 1837–1909, English lyric poet and critic
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