Parliament of Fowls

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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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instanceOf Middle English poem ⓘ
allegorical poem ⓘ
dream vision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Assembly of Fowls ⓘ
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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 Parlement of Foules ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Fowls
partOf Chaucerian canon ⓘ
rhymeScheme ababbcc ⓘ
setting St. Valentine’s Day ⓘ
linked to: Valentine's Day

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

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Geoffrey Chaucer → notableWork → Parliament of Fowls ⓘ
Parliament of Fowls → originalTitle → Parlement of Foules ⓘ
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Parliament of Fowls → alsoKnownAs → The Assembly of Fowls ⓘ
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Ricardian poets → associatedWithWork → The Parliament of Fowls ⓘ
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The House of Fame → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Parliament of Fowls ⓘ
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Fables and Reflections → containsWork → The Parliament of Rooks ⓘ
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The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer → includesWork → Parliament of Fowls ⓘ
The Kelmscott Chaucer → containsText → Parliament of Fowls ⓘ