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Critics of A Song (Absent from thee) +NAME

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•“His songs are commonly smooth and easy; but have little nature and no sentiment.” Dr Johnson•General critics: He portrays love with thinly veiled scorn and this poem is not really about an apology to his mistress at all.•The speaker expresses a difficulty with monogamous love but longs to re-commit to his lady’s ‘safe Bosom’.

Front	Critics of A Song (Absent from thee) +NAME
Back	•“His songs are commonly smooth and easy; but have little nature and no sentiment.” Dr Johnson •General critics: He portrays love with thinly veiled scorn and this poem is not really about an apology to his mistress at all. •The speaker expresses a difficulty with monogamous love but longs to re-commit to his lady’s ‘safe Bosom’.

Love Critics Song Absent Thee +Name Commonly Smooth