Talk:Fifine at the Fair
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Plagiarism and copyright violation
[edit]A sentence-by-sentence comparison shows that the lede and first two sections were written by taking the text from the first reference, The Oxford Companion to English Literature (Birch, 2009), and replacing a few words with synonyms. This is plagiarism and copyright violation (see WP:CLOP) and so needs to be removed.
| Wikipedia | Birch (2009) |
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| Fifine at the Fair is a poem in Alexandrine couplets by Robert Browning, published in 1872. | A poem in alexandrine couplets by Robert Browning, published 1872. |
| The persona is the legendary Don Juan, who is walking with his wife Elvire in countryside† close by Pornic in Brittany, where a fair is being held. | The speaker is Don Juan, who is strolling with his wife Elvire near Pornic in Brittany, where a fair is being held. |
| Don Juan is captivated by the gypsy dancer Fifine, and is moved to discuss with Elvire his feelings, contrasting the ephemeral nature of desire with the dull permanence of love. | Attracted by the gypsy dancer Fifine, Don Juan discusses with Elvire the nature of his feelings about the difference between desire (intense but transient) and love (permanent but dull) |
| This initial topic stimulates conversation on a series of interrelated themes: knowledge, identity, and authenticity in life and art. | This initial theme gives rise to a series of absorbing variations on the interconnected topics of knowledge, identity, and authenticity in life and art. |
| Browning's troubles with Lady Ashburton, which seemingly began in 1869 with a failed proposal of marriage (whether from him or her is unclear), and their quarrel was still apparent in 1871. | Browning's dismay in the mysterious aftermath of his quarrel with Lady Ashburton, which began in 1869 with, it seems, a failed proposal of marriage (whether from him to her or vice versa is uncertain) and was still apparent in 1871. |
| In this interpretation, Fifine represents Lady Ashburton; Elvire, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the author's dead wife. | Fifine represents Lady Ashburton in this interpretation, and Elvire, Elizabeth Barrett |
† The addition of "countryside" here is incorrect and shows that the editor was not familiar with the poem, which is set at the fairground "on terrace 'neath the tower", presumably referring to the Château de Pornic, which is at the centre of the town, not far from the port.
The remainder of the article appears to have been copied from the second reference, but this is out of copyright so it is merely plagiarism. Gdr 14:36, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- I've removed the first two sections. If you want to 'grey out' the article history, go ahead (I don't know how, so I can't do it myself). The public domain content is properly attributed, so I don't think it's a problem. 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 13:10, 18 July 2022 (UTC)