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"Death of the Poet" (Russian: Смерть Поэта) is an 1837 poem by Mikhail Lermontov, written in reaction to the death of Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin was mortally wounded in a duel on January 27, 1837, and died on the 29th.
A poet's dead — entrapped by honour, Felled by slanderous rumours spread —. A bullet in the breast, with vengeful anger, He bowed at last his noble head. His soul could not endure the legions. Of trifling insults and their shame, He stood against the world's opinions, Alone, as always — and was slain! Yes, slain!..
Death Of the Poet. 1837. The Bard is killed! The honor's striver. Fell, slandered by a gossip's dread, With lead in breast and vengeful fire, Drooped with his ever-proud head. The Poet's soul did not bear. The shameful hurts of low breed,
Before long another poet is found murdered – a poem by Sotades left near the corpse as a macabre calling card. With a growing number of murders to be investigated, Hanufer must make his mark and solve the mysteries.
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- Keith Moray
Before long another poet is found murdered – a poem by Sotades left near the corpse as a macabre calling card. With a growing number of murders to be investigated, Hanufer must make his mark and solve the mysteries.
- Keith Moray
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Dec 29, 2022 · From cultural conservatives we have heard that poetry died because, for political reasons, we stopped teaching the right kinds of poems, or teaching them the right way.
