Lak Of Stedfastnesse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCC ABABBCC ABABBCC ABABBCC| Somtyme the world was so stedfast and stable | A |
| That mannes word was obligacioun | B |
| And now it is so fals and deceivable | A |
| That word and deed as in conclusioun | B |
| Ben nothing lyk for turned up so doun | B |
| Is al this world for mede and wilfulnesse | C |
| That al is lost for lak of stedfastnesse | C |
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| What maketh this world to be so variable | A |
| But lust that folk have in dissensioun | B |
| For among us now a man is holde unable | A |
| But if he can by som collusioun | B |
| Don his neighbour wrong or oppressioun | B |
| What causeth this but wilful wrecchednesse | C |
| That al is lost for lak of stedfastnesse | C |
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| Trouthe is put doun resoun is holden fable | A |
| Vertu hath now no dominacioun | B |
| Pitee exyled no man is merciable | A |
| Through covetyse is blent discrecioun | B |
| The world hath mad a permutacioun | B |
| Fro right to wrong fro trouthe to fikelnesse | C |
| That al is lost for lak of stedfastnesse | C |
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| O prince desyre to be honourable | A |
| Cherish thy folk and hate extorcioun | B |
| Suffre nothing that may be reprevable | A |
| To thyn estat don in thy regioun | B |
| Shew forth thy swerd of castigacioun | B |
| Dred God do law love trouthe and worthinesse | C |
| And wed thy folk agein to stedfastnesse | C |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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