With Rue My Heart Is Laden
With Rue My Heart Is Laden, short epigrammatic poem in the collection A Shropshire Lad by A.E. Housman. A blend of Romantic lyricism and elegant classicism, it typifies the elegiac tone of the collection. The poem comprises two stanzas of alternating seven- and six-syllable lines.
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Article Title:
With Rue My Heart Is Laden
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
23 November 2011
Access Date:
March 14, 2025