Parliament of Fowls

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Middle English poem allegorical poem dream vision

Parliament of Fowls is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that satirically explores themes of love and choice through a gathering of birds on St. Valentine’s Day.

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The Parliament of Fowls 2
Parlement of Foules 1
The Assembly of Fowls 1

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instanceOf Middle English poem ⓘ
allegorical poem ⓘ
dream vision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Parliament of Fowls ⓘ
surface form: The Assembly of Fowls

The Parliament of Birds ⓘ
approximateDate c. 1380–1382 ⓘ
author Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
centralEvent assembly of birds to choose mates ⓘ
containsCharacter Nature ⓘ
the formel eagle ⓘ
three tercel eagles ⓘ
various species of birds ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dateWritten late 14th century ⓘ
frameNarrative dream vision of the narrator ⓘ
genre allegory ⓘ
dream vision ⓘ
love poetry ⓘ
hasInfluenced later English love poetry ⓘ
later Valentine’s Day literary traditions ⓘ
inspiredBy Boccaccio’s Teseida ⓘ
Cicero’s Dream of Scipio ⓘ
Macrobius’s Commentary on the Dream of Scipio ⓘ
Somnium Scipionis ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
length approximately 700 lines ⓘ
literaryForm poem ⓘ
literaryMovement Middle English literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
literarySignificance important example of Chaucer’s dream-vision poetry ⓘ
one of the earliest works linking St. Valentine’s Day with romantic love ⓘ
mainTheme choice in love ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
free will ⓘ
love ⓘ
political allegory ⓘ
social order ⓘ
manuscriptTradition preserved in several Middle English manuscripts ⓘ
meter rhyme royal ⓘ
narrator first-person dreamer ⓘ
openingSourceText Cicero’s Dream of Scipio ⓘ
originalTitle Parliament of Fowls self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parlement of Foules
partOf The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
surface form: Chaucerian canon
rhymeScheme ababbcc ⓘ
setting Valentine's Day ⓘ
surface form: St. Valentine’s Day

a garden of love ⓘ
structure single continuous poem ⓘ
tone comic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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Parliament of Fowls → alsoKnownAs → Parliament of Fowls ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Assembly of Fowls
Ricardian poets → associatedWithWork → Parliament of Fowls ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Parliament of Fowls
Geoffrey Chaucer → notableWork → Parliament of Fowls ⓘ
Parliament of Fowls → originalTitle → Parliament of Fowls self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parlement of Foules
The House of Fame → relatedWorkByAuthor → Parliament of Fowls ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Parliament of Fowls