It is an allegorical work, and each book of the poem is about a different virtue.
Henry Weekes carved the allegorical work Manufactures (1864-70).
Another popular allegorical work studied in the Middle Ages comes from Plato's The Republic.
It is another allegorical work.
As Duffy remarks in his Note to the Reader, this is a work "more allegorical than historical.
In 1857 he made his best-known allegorical work, The Two Ways of Life.
A major allegorical work, it had many lasting influences on western literature, creating entire new genres and development of vernacular languages.
Other revealing scenes show the laborious preparations and lighting arrangements necessary for the creation of a large-scale allegorical work.
However, later critiques have described it as "a highly complex allegorical work whose psychological landscape and narrative structure lay the groundwork for the modern novel."
The allegorical work represents the coming of spring.