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‘Apologia’ by Oscar Wilde is a nine-stanza poem that is divided into sets of three and four lines, known as tercets and quatrains. The second and fourth stanzas have three and the remaining seven have four.
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Wilde’s longest poem from The Fourth Movement, “Apologia” (Latin for “a defense of one’s opinion or action”) tackles the price of temporary pleasures, a common Wilde theme.
The earliest English use of apologia followed from the Greek sense “a speech in defense". In 1534 Thomas More wrote his Apology. In 1590, a parallel meaning emerged meaning a "frank expression of regret".
Derived from the Greek root of apologos, the term apologia means a speech delivered in defense of somebody or something. Its corresponding verb is apologeisthai that means to speak defending somebody. However, in literature, it means some formal writing that defends somebody’s character or behavior. As a literary term, it means a written ...
4 days ago · A formal written defence of one's opinions or conduct; the word is Latin, and is recorded from the late 18th century, but its currency is largely due to John Henry Newman's Apologia pro Vita Sua (1864), the history of his religious life up to the time of his reception into the Roman Catholic Church in 1845.
Jun 22, 2018 · Apologia IS it thy will that I should wax and wane, Barter my cloth of gold for hodden grey, And at thy pleasure weave that web of pain Whose brightest threads are each a wasted day? Is it thy will—Love that I love so well— That my Soul's House should be a tortured spot Wherein, like evil paramours, must dwell
Perhaps the most famous formal apologia is Plato’s book “The Apology.”. In this book, Plato describes how Socrates defended himself against his accusers in court. Socrates never apologizes for his teachings. Instead, he mounts a spirited defense of reason, philosophy, and the practice of questioning authority.
