Question

In "Morte d'Arthur," why has the poet Everard Hall burned the epic poem he wrote about King Arthur?

Answer 1

The poet Everard Hall burned the epic poem he wrote about King Arthur because;

• He believed that there was no point in calling up memories from the past. To him, those verses were "faint homeric echoes" that should not be called to mind just as nature will not bring back extinct animals.

In the poem titled; "Epic", by Alfred Lord Tennyson, we see four friends who gather to discuss issues that were important to them on Christmas Eve.

There was a Parson called Holmes, the host named Francis Allen, a poet named Everard Hall, and the narrator.

They recalled their days in school when the poet will write interesting poems that captivated them. They also recalled the twelve poems he wrote about King Arthur which he burned save one.

When asked why he burned the poems he explained that it was pointless writing these classical poems about characters in the past. To him, they were like echoes and extinct animals that could not be brought back.

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