Good Counsel Of Chaucer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDD ABAEBFD ABABBDD| Flee from the press and dwell with soothfastness | A |
| Suffice thee thy good though it be small | B |
| For hoard hath hate and climbing tickleness | A |
| Press hath envy and weal is blent o'er all | B |
| Savour no more than thee behove shall | C |
| Read well thyself that other folk canst read | D |
| And truth thee shall deliver it is no dread | D |
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| Paine thee not each crooked to redress | A |
| In trust of her that turneth as a ball | B |
| Great rest standeth in little business | A |
| Beware also to spurn against a nail | E |
| Strive not as doth a crocke with a wall | B |
| Deeme thyself that deemest others' deed | F |
| And truth thee shall deliver it is no dread | D |
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| What thee is sent receive in buxomness | A |
| The wrestling of this world asketh a fall | B |
| Here is no home here is but wilderness | A |
| Forth pilgrim Forthe beast out of thy stall | B |
| Look up on high and thank thy God of all | B |
| Weive thy lust and let thy ghost thee lead | D |
| And truth thee shall deliver it is no dread | D |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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