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,

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X AAAX XXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 237
Words 46
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 3

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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