The Canterbury Tales; The Shipmannes Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CD EEF FGG A HIIE E JJ IAEEB BKLM DB B NAAO D EF AAOOP PEEAA AALLA A O| Part | A |
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| PROLOGUE TO THE SHIPMANNES TALE | B |
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| Here endith the man of lawe his tale And next folwith | C |
| the Shipman his prolog | D |
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| Oure Ost upon his stiropes stood anoon | E |
| And seide 'Good men herkeneth everychoon | E |
| This was a thrifty tale for the nonys | F |
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| Sir parisshe preste ' quod he 'for Godis bonys | F |
| Telle us a tale as was thi forward yore | G |
| I se wel that ye lernede men in lore | G |
| Can meche good bi Godis dignite ' | - |
| The parson him answerde 'Benedicite | A |
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| What eyleth the man so synfully to swere ' | - |
| Oure Ost answerde 'O Jankyn be ye there | H |
| I smelle a Lollere in the wynde ' quod he | I |
| 'Howe goodmen ' quod oure Hoste 'herkeneth me | I |
| Abyde for Godis digne passioun | E |
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| For we shul han a predicacioun | E |
| This Lollere here wol prechen us somwhat ' | - |
| 'Nay bi Godis soule that shal he nat ' | - |
| Seyde the Shipman 'here shal he not preche | J |
| He shal no gospel glosen here ne teche | J |
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| We leven alle in the grete God ' quod he | I |
| 'He wolde sowen som difficulte | A |
| Or sprengen cokkel in oure clene corn | E |
| And therfore Ost I warne the biforn | E |
| My joly body shal a tale telle | B |
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| And I shal clynkyn yow so mery a belle | B |
| That I shal wakyn al this companye | K |
| But it shal not ben of Philosophie | L |
| Ne phislyas ne termes queynte of lawe | M |
| Ther nis but litil Latyn in my mawe ' | - |
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| Here endith the Shipman his prolog And next folwyng | D |
| he bigynneth his tale | B |
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| THE TALE | B |
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| Daun John a monk of Paris beguiles the wife of a | N |
| merchant of St Denis by money borrowed from her husband | A |
| She saves herself on the point of discovery by a ready | A |
| answer | O |
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| END LINK | D |
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| Bihoold the murie wordes of the Hoost to the Shipman | E |
| and to the lady Prioresse | F |
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| 'Wel seyd by corpus dominus ' quod our Hoost | A |
| 'Now longe moote thou saille by the cost | A |
| Sir gentil maister gentil maryneer | O |
| God yeve this monk a thousand last quade yeer | O |
| A ha felawes beth ware of swich a jape | P |
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| The monk putte in the mannes hood an ape | P |
| And in his wyves eek by Seint Austyn | E |
| Draweth no monkes moore unto your in | E |
| But now passe over and lat us seke aboute | A |
| Who shal now telle first of al this route | A |
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| Another tale ' and with that word he sayde | A |
| As curteisly as it had ben a mayde | A |
| 'My lady Prioresse by youre leve | L |
| So that I wiste I sholde yow nat greve | L |
| I wolde demen that ye tellen sholde | A |
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| A tale next if so were that ye wolde | A |
| Now wol ye vouchesauf my lady deere ' | - |
| 'Gladly ' quod she and seyde as ye shal heere | O |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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