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Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly. — William Shakespeare

Poem · Narrative poem

Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly.

William Shakespeare
The Rape of Lucrece · 1594
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Topic
Fear
Genre
Narrative poem
Medium
Poem
Time
1594The Renaissance
Person
William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare, William. "The Rape of Lucrece." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, I. 230.
Original citation
Shakespeare, William. The Rape of Lucrece. London: Richard Field, 1594, I. 230.

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