Question

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 (-5[1])giant (10[1])Despair. (10[1])This poem was the first to be written (-5[1])in a mixed-meter nine-line stanza (10[1])form now named (10[1])for its author. (10[1])The middle sections of this poem center on the themes of chastity and friendship and feature (10[1]-5[1])the heroine (-5[1])Britomart. (10[2])The most read of this poem’s (10[1])six completed books is its first, (-5[1])which features Una and the Redcrosse Knight. (10[2]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this epic poem by Edmund Spenser. (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[1])

ANSWER: The Faerie Queene
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Midwest2025-02-01Y1100%0%0%107.00
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South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%112.50
UK2025-02-01Y1100%0%100%137.00

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