Pelleas and Ettarre

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"Pelleas and Ettarre" is a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson within his Arthurian cycle that explores unrequited love, betrayal, and disillusionment among the Knights of the Round Table.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian work
narrative poem
poem
author Alfred Tennyson
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
basedOn Arthurian legend
basedOnCharacter Ettarre (Arthurian legend)
Sir Pelleas
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
cycle Arthurian cycle
linked to: Arthurian legend
explores failure of knightly ideals
moral decay in Camelot
featuresCharacter King Arthur
featuresGroup Knights of the Round Table
firstPublication 19th century
form blank verse
genre Arthurian poetry
linked to: Arthurian legend

Victorian narrative poetry
hasLiteraryRelation companion idyll to "Lancelot and Elaine"
companion idyll to "The Holy Grail"
language English
literaryMovement Victorian literature
literaryPeriod 19th-century literature
mainCharacter Ettarre
Gawain
Pelleas
meter iambic pentameter
narrativePerspective third-person narration
partOf Idylls of the King
publisher Edward Moxon & Co. (as part of Tennyson’s Idylls publications)
linked to: Edward Moxon & Co.
setting Camelot
theme betrayal
chivalry
courtly love
disillusionment
honor
romantic idealism versus reality
unrequited love

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Idylls of the King containsPoem Pelleas and Ettarre