Swinburne

[ swin-bern ]

noun

1. Algernon Charles, 1837–1909, English poet and critic.

Swinburne

/ ˈswɪnˌbɜːn /

noun

1. SwinburneAlgernon Charles18371909MEnglishWRITING: poetWRITING: critic Algernon Charles. 1837–1909, English lyric poet and critic

Example Sentences

For Swinburne, there are physical signs that a God made everything else, and that is that.

From The Daily Beast

Jonathan Bate argues in the TLS that Swinburne was a master metrician as well as a pioneer in changing sexual attitudes.

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The best and simplest way to make it clear how much Swinburne owed to Baudelaire is by means of parallel quotation.

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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.

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Swinburne's erotic ballads had, as I have noticed in an earlier volume, excited Punch's vehement disapproval.

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But it is possible that Swinburne was too hasty in accepting ancient gossip, and that both the Faustinas were maligned.

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