Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "Guinevere"

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "Guinevere" is a narrative work from his Arthurian cycle that explores the emotional and moral turmoil of Queen Guinevere in the aftermath of her adulterous love for Lancelot and the fall of Camelot.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian poem
narrative poem
author Alfred, Lord Tennyson
basedOn medieval Arthurian romances
chronologicalPositionInIdylls one of the later idylls
containsEpisode Arthur's final meeting with Guinevere
Arthur's rebuke and forgiveness of Guinevere
Queen Guinevere
surface form: Guinevere's confession and remorse
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts collapse of the Round Table order
conflict between earthly love and spiritual duty
featuresCharacter Mordred
surface form: Sir Modred

the nuns of Amesbury
firstPublication 19th century
focusesOn aftermath of Guinevere's adulterous love for Lancelot
consequences of the fall of Camelot
emotional turmoil of Guinevere
moral turmoil of Guinevere
form blank verse
hasGenre dramatic monologue elements
romantic narrative
hasSubject Queen Guinevere's retreat to a convent
influencedBy Le Morte d'Arthur
surface form: Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
language English
literaryCycle Arthurian legend
literaryMovement Victorian literature
mainCharacter King Arthur
Queen Guinevere
Sir Lancelot
meter iambic pentameter
narrativePerspective third-person narration
partOf Idylls of the King
publisher Edward Moxon & Co.
relatedWork Sir Lancelot
surface form: Lancelot and Elaine

Holy Grail
surface form: The Holy Grail

The Passing of Arthur
setting Amesbury Abbey (former Benedictine abbey)
surface form: Amesbury convent

Camelot
theme adultery
chivalric ideals
fall of Camelot
forgiveness
guilt
marital fidelity
moral responsibility
repentance
spiritual redemption
timePeriodDepicted mythic age of King Arthur

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Queen Guinevere appearsIn Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "Guinevere"