This essay takes a fresh look at a poem which has long divided its many commentators. Adopting an historical, linguistic and comparatist methodology, it attempts to reconcile the various and contradictory interpretations which the poem has provoked.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques