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The Passetyme of Pleasure

poem by Hawes
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The Passetyme of Pleasure is a long allegorical poem by Stephen Hawes, completed in 1506. The poem's central theme is the education and life journey of a knight named Graunde Amoure. Hawes was a poet and courtier who served King Henry VII and was influenced by the devotional poet John Lydgate. While Hawes's work shows intellectual depth, it is often considered prolix and repetitive, with little of it being particularly memorable compared to Lydgate's technical skill. Hawes also wrote another, simpler allegory titled The Example of Vertu.1

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