Analysis of Chaucer's Prophecy
Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 (London) – 1400 (London)
When priestes failen in their saws,
And lordes turne Godde's laws
Against the right;
And lechery is holden as privy solace,
And robbery as free purchase,
Beware then of ill!
Then shall the Land of Albion
Turne to confusion,
As sometime it befell.
Ora pro Anglia Sancta Maria, quod Thomas Cantuaria.
Sweet Jesus, heaven's King,
Fair and best of all thing,
You bring us out of this mourning,
To come to thee at our ending!
| Scheme | AAXBBXCCX X DDDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011 01111 0101 0111011010 01001110 01111 11011100 11010 11101 10110010101101 110101 101111 11111110 111111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 415 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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