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POETRY AND BALLAD (BALLAD (LORD RANDAL (SYMBOLISM (feed someone eels means…

- - - - OUTLAW BALLADS
      - BALLADS OF MAGIC
      - BORDER BALLADS
      - TOWN BALLADS
  - - - INCREMENTAL REPETITION
    - - feed someone eels means poisoning him
      - making bad is the symbol of a close death
- - - - in this composition Chaucer took the structure of BOCCACCIO'S DECAMERON
        
        but here are some differences!!
        
        NUMBER OF CHARACTERS
        
        THE SITUATION
        
        DECAMERON: horror of the plague
        
        THE CANTERBURY TALES: pilgrimage in a world of pleasure
        
        CHARACTERS' SOCIAL STATUS
        
        DECAMERON: they come from wealthy families
        
        THE CANTERBURY TALES: different social class
        
        OFFERS A MORE COMPLEX AND WIDE PANORAMA
      - THE CANTERBURY TALES
        
        a series of interlinked story told by a group of pilgrims who are journeying to Canterbury
    - - DESCRIPTION OF THE LANDSCAPE
        
        flowers
        
        birds
        
        trees
      - THE MEETING WITH THE OTHER PILGRIMS SO THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY