The Last Tournament
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The Last Tournament is one of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s later Arthurian poems, depicting the moral decay and disintegration of King Arthur’s court.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Last Tournament canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Arthurian poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Alfred, Lord Tennyson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Arthurian legend ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| cyclePosition | one of the later Idylls of the King ⓘ |
| depicts |
corruption among the Knights of the Round Table
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the breakdown of King Arthur’s court ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Isolt
NERFINISHED
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Mark of Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1871 ⓘ |
| form | verse narrative ⓘ |
| genre |
Arthurian literature
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narrative poetry ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected editions of Idylls of the King ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
King Arthur
NERFINISHED
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Queen Guinevere NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Lancelot NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Tristram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | blank verse ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | the last tournament held at Camelot ⓘ |
| partOf | Idylls of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Camelot
NERFINISHED
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King Arthur's court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolism |
the Red Knight as a symbol of lawlessness
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the ruined tournament as a symbol of moral collapse ⓘ |
| theme |
adultery
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chivalric decline ⓘ disintegration of the Round Table ⓘ loss of idealism ⓘ moral decay ⓘ |
| writer | Alfred, Lord Tennyson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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