Cor Cordium
Discover this poem’s context and related poetry, articles, and media.
Poet Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
Subjects Arts & Sciences, Living, Sorrow & Grieving, Death, Poetry & Poets
Poetic Terms Sonnet
Biography
Swinburne was one of the most accomplished lyric poets of the Victorian era and was a preeminent symbol of rebellion against the conservative values of his time. The explicit and often pathological sexual themes of his most important collection of poetry, Poems and Ballads (1866), delighted some, shocked many, and became the dominant feature of Swinburne's image as both an artist and an individual. Nevertheless, critics have . . .
Poems by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Arts & Sciences, Living, Sorrow & Grieving, Death, Poetry & Poets
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
Poetic Terms Sonnet
If you disagree with this poem's categorization, make a suggestion.
