Many thanks for this! I wish the Pearl was assigned to students more often (teachers seem to favor "Sir Gawain & the Green Knight.") I remember loving this poem, especially the part where the narrator asks the Pearl if the people across the river are not jealous of each other (they all seem to be kings and queens). And she replies, just as Dante would, that no one envies another's rank because each person is as happy as he or she is capable of being.
Wish I had a copy with your commentary throughout!
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