The Queen of Drum
"The Queen of Drum" is a narrative poem by C. S. Lewis published by J.M. Dent in 1969, post-humously by Lewis' trustee and literary adviser Walter Hooper.[1] It is noted for its varying meter, but has been criticised for having a weak plot.[2] It is included in the publication Dymer.
Synopsis
In this poignant poem, the Kingdom of Drum is subject to a palace revolution: the top-ranked army general cleanly disposes of the aged king and proclaims himself the replacement monarch. The spirited, young queen - ordered to promptly remarry the general - pretends acquiescence: escaping en route to her place of incarceration.
With the hue-and-cry being raised in pursuit behind her, the fugitive queen employs her woodland skills to lose herself quickly in the depths of the forest. On the move - and free for the moment - she faces a choice of how best she might remove herself beyond the risk of recapture.[3]
References
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- Spirits in Bondage (1919)
- "Reason" (c. 1925)
- Dymer (1926)
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The Chronicles of Narnia |
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- The Allegory of Love (1936)
- The Personal Heresy (1939)
- The Problem of Pain (1940)
- A Preface to Paradise Lost (1942)
- The Abolition of Man (1943)
- Miracles (1947)
- The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses (1949/1980)
- Mere Christianity (1952)
- Surprised by Joy (1955)
- Reflections on the Psalms (1958)
- The Four Loves (1960)
- Studies in Words (1960)
- The World's Last Night and Other Essays (1960)
- An Experiment in Criticism (1961)
- A Grief Observed (1961)
- They Asked for a Paper (1962)
- Selections from Layamon's Brut (1963)
- Letters to Malcolm (1964)
- The Discarded Image (1964)
- Of Other Worlds (1966)
- God in the Dock (1970–1971)
- Joy Davidman (wife)
- Douglas Gresham (stepson)
- Warren Lewis (brother)
- The Kilns
- Lewis's trilemma
- The Inklings
- Language and Human Nature
- CS Lewis Nature Reserve
- Shadowlands (1985 film)
- Shadowlands (1989 play)
- Shadowlands (1993 film)
- The Most Reluctant Convert (2021 film)
- Freud's Last Session (2023 film)