Analysis of Proverbs of Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 (London) – 1400 (London)
Proverbe of Chaucer
What shul these clothes thus manyfold,
Lo this hote somers day?
After grete hete cometh cold;
No man caste his pilche away.
Of al this world the large compas
Yt wil not in myn armes tweyne;
Who so mochel wol embrace,
| Scheme | X AAAX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 111111 111101 1011101 1111101 11110110 1110111 1110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 237 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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