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The Book of the Duchess is a dream vision narrative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer.
The Book of the Duchess, also known as The Deth of Blaunche[1] is the earliest of Chaucer’s major poems, preceded only by his short poem, "An ABC…
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At the beginning of the poem, the narrator is of a melancholy condition,He suffers from chronic insomnia , and wonders how he continues to be alive, since nature should not allow any creature to exist so long full of sorrow and without sleep. He says his thoughts are idle, he fails to take notice of his surroundings.
