Poetry · Character
Richard III
King of England mentioned in historical allusion.
minor
Also known as Richard the Third
First appearance: the bard
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Mentioned with the silver boar as his badge, known as 'the Boar'.
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The emotional peak occurs in the final couplet, where the idealized heroism of "Victor he stood" is abruptly s…
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