Parlement of Foules (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
- First Published: 1380
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: Fourteenth century
- Setting: A dream world
- Genres: Poetry, Bestiary, Dream vision
- Subjects: Love or romance, Dreams, Gods or goddesses, Birds, Middle Ages, Fourteenth century, Debates or debating
- Locales: Dreamscape
Characters Discussed
The dreamer, the narrator of the poem. After musing on love, he falls asleep and dreams that he is escorted to the Garden of Love, where the birds’ parliament has convened. The dreamer enters a park filled with trees and teeming with a plethora of chirping birds. The trees are in foliage and the flowers in bloom, as it is spring. Various gods and goddesses recline in a temple of brass.
Nature, a goddess who sits on a hill of flowers, presiding over the parliament. An elegant, well-spoken lady, she stands for natural law, including mating and...
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