... a twice strong "air of truth" because we have a dream (that has a powerful effect in medieval times) and an "I". A very good example for this dream theory is the Book of the Duchess. The voice that speaks his story tells about his insomnia and his unhappiness from love. The first forty-three lines are in present tense then it turns to past. It ... one, which frame is so typical in the medieval works. At the beginning we are in a dream world than the dreamer wakes up and the "I" goes away, but then the last sentence drives us back to the beginning of the poem and the circle will be done....

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