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Told in rhyming verse.
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Author's note: Although this poem borrows its narrator from Chaucer's most famous work, and also uses the legendary poet's favoured heroic couplet form to craft the narrative, 'Annabel and the Witch' is more mediaeval fairy tale than Canterbury Tale. The lurid, forthright language and dark themes are strongly reminiscent of the Brothers Grimm, whose collections of folk and fairy tales, published in the early nineteenth century, largely reflect the dark and violent nature of the stories' earlier, oral roots.
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