The Arthurian Cycle: Merlin Lancelot Tristram

The Arthurian Cycle

Merlin Lancelot Tristram

Edwin Arlington Robinson

During the era of the First World War, and in the decade thereafter, the American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson composed a cycle of epic narrative poems, written in blank verse, that were arguably modern in style but drew upon classic themes in substance. With the unfolding tragedy of a world at war top of mind, Robinson began what would become a trilogy based on the legends of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table....