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The reverdie is an old French poetic genre, which celebrates the arrival of spring . Literally, it means "re-greening". Often the poet will encounter Spring, symbolized by a beautiful woman.
Originating in the troubadour ballads of the early Middle Ages , reverdies were very popular during the time of Chaucer . English examples from that era include Sumer is icumen in and Lenten ys come with love to toune . T. S. Eliot 's The Waste Land and William Carlos Williams ' Spring and All are both considered to be modern examples of the genre.
The reverdie forms the basis of the Irish aisling , in which the speaker meets Ireland lamenting her woes.
References
Harmon, William. A Handbook to Literature . Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall , 2005. ISBN 0-13-134442-0 .
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