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'And Flound' Ring Like A Man In Fire
Vocabulary: lime (12) - “And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime.”
The quote speaks about a man in a fire so the word lime can be referring to something that is a sort of substance that is burning through the body.

The Latin quotation (27-28), from the Roman poet Horace, means “It is sweet and becoming to die for one’s country.” What is the poem’s comment on this statement?
The poem’s comment on this statement is the restating of the title of the poem. The title translates from latin to english, which states, “it is sweet and honorable.”

List the elements of the poem that seem not beautiful and therefore “unpoetic.” Are there any elements of beauty in the poem? An element of the poem that does not seem beautiful is when the author

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