Round 11: Tossup 13

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 and the giant Despair. (10[1])This poem was the first to be written in a mixed-meter nine-line stanza form now named for its author. The middle sections of this poem center on the themes of chastity and friendship and feature (10[1]-5[1])the heroine Britomart. The most read of this poem’s six completed books is its first, (-5[1])which features Una and the Redcrosse Knight. For 10 points, name this epic poem by Edmund Spenser. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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