What type of work is the work The Faerie Queene ?
Correct answer: C. allegorical work
- A. pastoral work
- B. religious work
- C. allegorical work
- D. natural work
Explanation
The Faerie Queene is an allegorical epic: its knights and adventures represent moral virtues and vices, while it also carries political and religious meanings. It is written in the Spenserian stanza, but its defining type is allegory.
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