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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Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "Guinevere" canonical 1

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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 ⓘ
Guinevere's confession and remorse ⓘ
linked to: Queen Guinevere
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts collapse of the Round Table order ⓘ
conflict between earthly love and spiritual duty ⓘ
featuresCharacter Sir Modred ⓘ
linked to: Mordred

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 Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
linked to: 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 Lancelot and Elaine ⓘ
linked to: Sir Lancelot

The Holy Grail ⓘ
linked to: Holy Grail

The Passing of Arthur ⓘ
setting 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" ⓘ