The Canterbury Tales; The Persouns Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B B CCCCD DEFGG CCHHG GIIDD BIJBB BII D IKDDC CIIDD GGIID DCCLL BBHHG GBBG GGDDH HBB I GGD| Part | A |
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| PROLOGUE TO THE PERSOUNS TALE | B |
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| Heere folweth the Prologe of the Persouns tale | B |
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| By that the Maunciple hadde his tale al ended | C |
| The sonne fro the south lyne was descended | C |
| So lowe that he nas nat to my sighte | C |
| Degrees nyne and twenty as in highte | C |
| Ten of the clokke it was tho as I gesse | D |
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| For ellevene foot or litel moore or lesse | D |
| My shadwe was at thilke tyme as there | E |
| Of swiche feet as my lengthe parted were | F |
| In sixe feet equal of proporcioun | G |
| Therwith the moones exaltacioun | G |
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| I meene Libra alwey gan ascende | C |
| As we were entryng at a thropes ende | C |
| For which our Hoost as he was wont to gye | H |
| As in this caas oure joly compaignye | H |
| Seyde in this wise 'Lordynges everichoon | G |
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| Now lakketh us no tales mo than oon | G |
| Fulfilled is my sentence and my decree | I |
| I trowe that we han herd of ech degree | I |
| Almoost fulfild is al myn ordinaunce | D |
| I pray to God so yeve hym right good chaunce | D |
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| That telleth this tale to us lustily | B |
| 'Sire preest ' quod he 'artow a vicary | I |
| Or arte a person sey sooth by thy fey | J |
| Be what thou be ne breke thou nat oure pley | B |
| For every man save thou hath toold his tale | B |
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| Unbokele and shewe us what is in thy male | B |
| For trewely me thynketh by thy cheere | I |
| Thou sholdest knytte up wel a greet mateere | I |
| Telle us a fable anon for Cokkes bones ' | - |
| This Persoun him answerede al atones | D |
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| 'Thou getest fable noon ytoold for me | I |
| For Paul that writeth unto Thymothee | K |
| Repreveth hem that weyveth soothfastnesse | D |
| And tellen fables and swich wrecchednesse | D |
| Why sholde I sowen draf out of my fest | C |
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| Whan I may sowen whete if that me lest | C |
| For which I seye if that yow list to heere | I |
| Moralitee and vertuous mateere | I |
| And thanne that ye wol yeve me audience | D |
| I wol ful fayn at Cristes reverence | D |
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| Do yow plesaunce leefful as I kan | G |
| But trusteth wel I am a southren man | G |
| I kan nat geeste Rum Ram Ruf by lettre | I |
| Ne God woot rym holde I but litel bettre | I |
| And therfore if yow list I wol nat glose | D |
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| I wol yow telle a myrie tale in prose | D |
| To knytte up al this feeste and make an ende | C |
| And Jesu for his grace wit me sende | C |
| To shewe yow the wey in this viage | L |
| Of thilke parfit glorious pilgrymage | L |
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| That highte Jerusalem celestial | B |
| And if ye vouchesauf anon I shal | B |
| Bigynne upon my tale for which I preye | H |
| Telle youre avys I kan no bettre seye | H |
| But nathelees this meditacioun | G |
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| I putte it ay under correccioun | G |
| Of clerkes for I am nat textueel | B |
| I take but sentence trusteth weel | B |
| Therfore I make a protestacioun | G |
| That I wol stonde to correccioun ' | - |
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| Upon this word we han assented soone | G |
| For as us semed it was for to doone | G |
| To enden in som vertuous sentence | D |
| And for to yeve hym space and audience | D |
| Adn bede oure Hoost he sholde to hym seye | H |
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| That alle we to telle his tale hym preye | H |
| Oure Hoost hadde the wordes for us alle | B |
| 'Sire preest ' quod he 'now faire yow bifalle | B |
| Sey what yow list and we wol gladly heere ' | - |
| And with that word he seyde in this manere | I |
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| 'Telleth ' quod he 'youre meditacioun | G |
| But hasteth yow the sonne wole adoun | G |
| Beth fructuous and that in litel space | D |
| And to do wel God sende yow his grace ' | - |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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