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Endnotes explained

The endnotes provide citations and references to specific lines and stanzas within the Pearl poem, including references to the Paraphrase of the New Testament and the poem's own stanzas.

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The endnotes provide citations and references to specific lines and stanzas within the Pearl poem, including references to the Paraphrase of the New Testament and the poem's own stanzas.

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The emotional peak occurs when the dreamer, overwhelmed by the sight of his Pearl across the brook, abandons a…

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