1. The Book of the Duchess and Other Poems
With "To lytel while oure blysse lasteth" [too little while our bliss lasts] (line 211), he leaves her, echoing a theme of this and other poems in Chaucer's love-poetry oeuvre. ... Analysis Burying the body of a relative with proper rites was a recurring theme in classical literature (such as in Sophocles' play Antigone), so it was not surprising that Ovid would make it part of the story of Seys and Alcyone. ... The complaint details how his lady-love, whom he "loved with al my might" (line 478), has been lost. ... The king's hunting party goes off toward a long castle, and a...
- Word Count: 5753
- Approx Pages: 23
- Grade Level: High School