The Lady of Shalott

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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What are the literary conventions used in "The Lady of Shalott" by Tennyson.

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How do these conventions compare to the conventions used in Waterhouse's painting, "The Lady of Shalott"?

Posted by cat5427 on April 3, 2010 at 3:37 AM and tagged with conventions, frye, lady of shalott, tennyson, the lady of shalott

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Literary conventions are abundant in any complex, long poem, including Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott."  In fact, if you really wanted to list every convention in the poem, the list would be...

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Posted by dstuva on April 3, 2010 at 5:34 AM

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