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Algernon Charles Swinburne, an Uncommon card
Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 74,000
Power 141 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Algernon Charles Swinburne quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Algernon Charles Swinburne card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a major ______ to the Pre-Raphaelite movement in poetry, along with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris.
Answer
contributor. He was a major contributor to the Pre-Raphaelite movement in poetry, along with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris. From the Algernon Charles Swinburne article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Muhammed Lawal. Muhammed Lawal 77 · Nick Ut 74 · Algernon Charles Swinburne 71 · Mirra Alfassa 67 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was a major contributor to the Pre-Raphaelite movement in poetry, along with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris.
- His greatest works are the verse drama Atalanta in Calydon, written in the form of an Ancient Greek tragedy, and his Pre-Raphaelite Poems and Ballads.
- In his poetry, Swinburne rebelled against the Christian morality of the Victorian era, drawing from classical, medieval, and Renaissance sources to explore atheism in "Hymn to Proserpine", suicide in "The Triumph of Time", lesbian desire in "Anactoria", and sado-masochism in "Dolores".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Algernon Charles Swinburne article was read about 74,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Algernon Charles Swinburne (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
