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Œnone
is a poem written by
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
, in 1829. Inspired by the Greek mythological figure
Oenone
, first wife of
Paris of Troy
, the poem is a
dramatic monologue
following the lead-up to the
Trojan War
and the war itself. This illustration, by
William Edward Frank Britten
, is accompanied by the lines "O mother
Ida
, many-fountain'd Ida, / Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die".
Illustration:
William Edward Frank Britten
; restoration:
Adam Cuerden
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