Gentilesse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDD ABACBDD AAAACD| The firste stok fader of gentilesse | A |
| What man that desireth gentil for to be | B |
| Must folowe his trace and alle his wittes dresse | A |
| Vertu to love and vyces for to flee | B |
| For unto vertu longeth dignitee | C |
| And noght the revers saufly dar I deme | D |
| Al were he mytre croune or diademe | D |
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| This firste stok was ful of rightwisnesse | A |
| Trewe of his word sobre pitous and free | B |
| Clene of his gost and loved besinesse | A |
| Ayeinst the vyce of slouthe in honestee | C |
| And but his heir love vertu as dide he | B |
| He is noght gentil thogh he riche seme | D |
| Al were he mytre croune or diademe | D |
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| Vyce may wel be heir to old richesse | A |
| But ther may no man as men may wel see | A |
| Bequethe his heir his vertuous noblesse | A |
| That is appropred unto no degree | A |
| But to the firste fader in magestee | C |
| That maketh hem his heyres that him queme | D |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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