Swinburne

[ swin-bern ]

noun
  1. 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.

    Best of Brit Lit | Peter Stothard | July 9, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • The best and simplest way to make it clear how much Swinburne owed to Baudelaire is by means of parallel quotation.

    Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
  • The influence of Browning and of Swinburne upon the writer's taste is plain.

    Poems | Adam Lindsay Gordon
  • There are dangers along these wild beaches; the poet Swinburne, when a boy, was almost cut off by the tide near Tintagel.

    The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. Salmon

British Dictionary definitions for Swinburne

Swinburne

/ (ˈswɪnˌbɜːn) /


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

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