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The Floure and the Leafe is an anonymous 595-line allegorical dream-vision in rhyme royal first appearing in Speght’s 1598 edition of Chaucer’s poetry, originally and incorrectly attributed to that author. Unusually, the narrator, who watches a contest between adherents of the Flower, representing superficial courtly love, and those of the Leaf, embodying honorable and faithful love, is female, leading to speculation that the author of the poem might be a woman as well.

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Floure and the Leafe

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    2026年

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  • Natalie Grinnell

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The Floure and the Leafe is an anonymous 595-line allegorical dream-vision in rhyme royal first appearing in Speght’s 1598 edition of Chaucer’s poetry, originally and incorrectly attributed to that author. Unusually, the narrator, who watches a contest between adherents of the Flower, representing superficial courtly love, and those of the Leaf, embodying honorable and faithful love, is female, leading to speculation that the author of the poem might be a woman as well.