Truth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCC ABABBCC ABABBCC DABABBCC| Fle fro the pres and dwelle with sothefastnesse | A |
| Suffise thin owen thing thei it be smal | B |
| For hord hath hate and clymbyng tykelnesse | A |
| Prees hath envye and wele blent overal | B |
| Savour no more thanne the byhove schal | B |
| Reule weel thiself that other folk canst reede | C |
| And trouthe schal delyvere it is no drede | C |
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| Tempest the nought al croked to redresse | A |
| In trust of hire that tourneth as a bal | B |
| Myche wele stant in litel besynesse | A |
| Bywar therfore to spurne ayeyns an al | B |
| Stryve not as doth the crokke with the wal | B |
| Daunte thiself that dauntest otheres dede | C |
| And trouthe shal delyvere it is no drede | C |
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| That the is sent receyve in buxumnesse | A |
| The wrestlyng for the worlde axeth a fal | B |
| Here is non home here nys but wyldernesse | A |
| Forth pylgryme forth forth beste out of thi stal | B |
| Know thi contr loke up thonk God of al | B |
| Hold the heye weye and lat thi gost the lede | C |
| And trouthe shal delyvere it is no drede | C |
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| L'envoy | D |
| Therfore thou Vache leve thine olde wrechednesse | A |
| Unto the world leve now to be thral | B |
| Crie hym mercy that of hys hie godnesse | A |
| Made the of nought and in espec i al | B |
| Draw unto hym and pray in general | B |
| For the and eke for other hevenelyche mede | C |
| And trouthe schal delyvere it is no drede | C |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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