The Chapel in Lyoness

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"The Chapel in Lyoness" is a narrative poem by William Morris that blends medieval romance and mythic atmosphere, characteristic of his early Pre-Raphaelite-inspired verse.

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The Chapel in Lyoness canonical 1

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instanceOf narrative poem ⓘ
author William Morris ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1858 ⓘ
form stanzaic narrative ⓘ
genre medieval romance ⓘ
romantic poetry ⓘ
hasCentralMotif chapel ⓘ
memory of a lost beloved ⓘ
sea-flooded land ⓘ
hasImagery religious imagery ⓘ
ruined architecture ⓘ
sea imagery ⓘ
hasLiteraryDevice allusion ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
vivid visual description ⓘ
hasProtagonist unnamed knightly narrator ⓘ
hasReception regarded as representative of Morris’s early Pre-Raphaelite style ⓘ
hasSetting Lyoness ⓘ
mythic medieval landscape ⓘ
inCollection The Defence of Guenevere, and Other Poems ⓘ
influencedBy Arthurian legend ⓘ
Gothic romance ⓘ
medieval literature ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Pre-Raphaelite ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Raphaelite art
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
literaryTradition Victorian medievalism ⓘ
meter accentual-syllabic verse ⓘ
periodOfComposition early career of William Morris ⓘ
publisher Bell and Daldy ⓘ
relatedWork King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (legend cycle) ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend

The Defence of Guenevere ⓘ
style mythic atmosphere ⓘ
theme chivalric love ⓘ
faith and doubt ⓘ
legendary lands ⓘ
loss and longing ⓘ
medievalism ⓘ
tone dreamlike ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ

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The Defence of Guenevere, and Other Poems → hasPoem → The Chapel in Lyoness ⓘ