Analysis of Rondeau III

Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 (London) – 1400 (London)



Syn I fro love escaped am so fat,
I nere thinke to ben in his prison lene;
Syn I am fre, I count hym not a bene.

He may answere, and sey this and that,
I do no fors, I speke ryght as I mene ;
Syn I fro love escaped am so fat.

Love hath my name i-strike out of his sclat,
And he is strike out of my bokes clene :
For ever mo ther is non other mene,
Syn I fro love escaped &c.


Scheme Abx abA abbx
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111101111 1111101101 11111111010 11101101 1111111111 111101111 1111111111 011111111 1101111101 1111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 382
Words 87
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 4
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. more…

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