The Passing of Arthur

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literary work narrative poem poem

"The Passing of Arthur" is a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that recounts the final moments of King Arthur and the end of the Knights of the Round Table.

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The Passing of Arthur canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Alfred, Lord Tennyson NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Arthurian legend NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Thomas Malory NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWork Le Morte d’Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsObject Excalibur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Round Table NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
describesEvent breaking of Excalibur ⓘ
departure of Arthur to Avalon ⓘ
final battle of King Arthur ⓘ
featuresCharacter Sir Lancelot NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1869 ⓘ
form unrhymed iambic pentameter ⓘ
frameNarrative King Arthur recounts his last battle to Sir Bedivere ⓘ
genre Arthurian poetry ⓘ
Victorian poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Christian imagery ⓘ
medieval chivalric tradition ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter King Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen Guinevere NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sir Bedivere NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sir Modred NERFINISHED ⓘ
meter blank verse ⓘ
motif dimming of the old order ⓘ
mystical ship bearing Arthur away ⓘ
three queens ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
partOf Idylls of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInSeries final idyll of Idylls of the King ⓘ
setting Battle of Camlan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salisbury Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
shore where Arthur is taken to Avalon ⓘ
symbol Avalon as symbol of mystery and hope ⓘ
Excalibur as symbol of divine kingship ⓘ
mist as symbol of uncertainty and transition ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
death ⓘ
end of an era ⓘ
faith ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
loss ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
transition ⓘ

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Idylls of the King → containsPoem → The Passing of Arthur ⓘ
Photographic portraits by Julia Margaret Cameron → hasNotableWork → The Passing of Arthur ⓘ
Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "Guinevere" → relatedWork → The Passing of Arthur ⓘ
subject surface form: Guinevere (poem)