I.

The Prologue (1-579)

 

1. Authority vs. experience (1-39)

 

2. Adoration of the daisy on a May morning( 40-207)

 

3. The dream (208-577)

 

  • God of Love and Lady Alceste
  • Ballad 'Hyd, Absalom, thy gilte tresses'
  • Company of 19 ladies
  • Cupid's attack
  • Argumentation and petition
  • God of Love's decision

 

 

4. Narrator begins his poem (578-579)

 

 

 

II.

The Legends (580-2675)

 

1. Cleopatra (580-705)

 

2. Thisbe (706-923)

 

3. Dido (924-1367)

 

4. Hypsipyle and Medea (1368-1679)

 

5. Lucrece (1680-1885)

 

6. Ariadne (1886-2227)

 

7. Philomela (2228-2393)

 

8. Phyllis (2394-2561)

 

9. Hypermnestra (2562-2723)

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