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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1423413062653124618 Post] @ Twitter (5 August 2021)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1423413797755265028 Post] @ Twitter (5 August 2021)




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Latest revision as of 21:26, 24 November 2021

Earliest known representation of The Phoetus by William Blake 1.1.

"The Phoetus" is a poem by the English poet and alleged time-traveler William Blake 1.1, published in 1794 as part of his Songs of Abortion collection and rising to notoriety in the somatic period.

Transcript

Phoetus Phoetus, growing gloom
In the fluids of the womb
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy embryology?

History

The Phoetus has been the subject of both literary criticism and many adaptations, including various musical versions employing Recapitulation theory.

The poem is one of the most anthologized in the English poetic embryology canon.

Symbolism

The Phoetus explores and questions Christian religious paradigms and exodimensional paradigms prevalent in late 18th century and early 19th century England; predominantly forming discussion regarding God's non-existence and non-motivation for creating both the fetus and the abortionist.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • Post @ Twitter (5 August 2021)