The Partridge (Old English Poem)
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The Partridge is the third and final poem in the Old English Physiologus found in the Exeter Book. It is much shorter in length, 16 lines, than the poems prior to it, The Panther and The Whale, and is presumed to be unfinished or partially lost.[1]
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Academic debate over what animal the poem describes[edit]
While the poem is generally identified to be about the partridge, some scholars have suggested it instead describes a phoenix.
References[edit]
- ↑ Marchand, James W. (1 October 1991). "The "Partridge"? An Old English Multiquote". Neophilogus. 75 (4): 603.
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