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An extended metaphor in this poem compares the dismembering of a right leg to an old tree uprooting from a cliffside and rolling down it. A catalog of mounted depictions of the Seven Deadly Sins in this poem includes Lechery riding a “bearded goat” and Gluttony atop a “filthie swyne” (“filthy swine”) in the train of the female demon Lucifera. Antagonists in this poem include the shapeshifting Archimago (10[1])and the giant Despair. This poem was the first to be written in a mixed-meter nine-line stanza (10[1])form now named for its author. The middle sections of this poem center on the themes of chastity and friendship and feature the heroine Britomart. (10[1])The most read of this poem’s (10[1])six completed books is its first, which features Una and the Redcrosse Knight. (10[1])For 10 points, name this epic poem by Edmund Spenser. (10[1])■END■

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