On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic

On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic
by William Wordsworth
Illustration by Robert Anning Bell for an edition of Palgrave's Golden Treasury (1907)
WrittenAugust 1802
First published inPoems, in Two Volumes
GenreRomanticism
MeterIambic pentameter
Rhyme schemeABBA ACCA DED EDE
Publication date1807
Lines14
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"On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic, 1802" is a Petrarchan sonnet written by the English poet William Wordsworth.

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