The Vision Of Piers Plowman - Part 08 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACADEAAAEACCFGHDHC GBDGGHC AIEAAJDEIJDDGAAAADCB EBEJ DJCGK G G CAAAALCCJK C G AAGDCDEMDBGGBGGNDOBA CADAGE ABG ALC B CEAEEMBCGDGAMGThus yrobed in russet I romed aboute | A |
Al a somer seson for to seke Dowel | B |
And frayned ful ofte of folk that I mette | A |
If any wight wiste wher Dowel was at inne | C |
And what man he myghte be of many man I asked | A |
Was nevere wight as I wente that me wisse kouthe | D |
Where this leode lenged lasse ne moore | E |
Til it bifel on a Friday two freres I mette | A |
Maistres of the Menours men of grete witte | A |
I hailsed hem hendely as I hadde ylerned | A |
And preide hem pur churite er thei passed ferther | E |
If they knewe any contree or costes aboute | A |
Where that Dowel dwelieth 'Dooth me to witene | C |
For ye be men of this moolde that moost wide walken | C |
And knowen contrees and courtes and many kynnes places | F |
Bothe princes paleises and povere mennes cotes | G |
And Dowel and Do yvele wher thei dwelle bothe ' | H |
' Marie ' quod the Menours ' amonges us he dwelleth | D |
And evere hath as I hope and evere shal herafter ' | H |
'Contra ' quod I as a clerc and comsed to disputen | C |
And seide 'Soothly Sepcies in die cadit iustus | G |
Sevene sithes seith the Book synneth the rightfulle | B |
And whoso synneth ' I seide ' certes dooth yvele as me thynketh | D |
And Dowel and Do yvele mowe noght dwelle togideres | G |
Ergo he nys noght alwey at hoom amonges yow freres | G |
He is outhemhile elliswhere to wisse the peple ' | H |
' I shal seye thee my sone ' seide the frere thanne | C |
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'How seven sithes the sadde man synneth on the day | A |
By a forbisne ' quod the frere 'I shal thee faire shewe | I |
'Lat brynge a man in a boot amydde a brode watre | E |
The wynd and the water and the waggyng of the boot | A |
Maketh the man many tyme to falle and to stonde | A |
For stonde he never so stif he stumbleth if he meve | J |
Ac yet is he saaf and sound and so hym bihoveth | D |
For if he ne arise the rather and raughte to the steere | E |
The wynd wolde with the water the boot overthrowe | I |
And thanne were his lif lost thorugh lachesse of hymselve | J |
' Right thus it fareth ' quod the frere ' by folk here on erthe | D |
The water is Iikned to the world that wanyeth and wexeth | D |
The goodes of this grounde arn lik the grete wawes | G |
That as wyndes and wedres walweth aboute | A |
The boot is likned to oure body that brotel is of kynde | A |
That thorugh the fend and the flessh and the frele worlde | A |
Synneth the sadde man seven sithes a day | A |
'Ac dedly synne doth he noght for Dowel hym kepeth | D |
And that is charite the champion chief help ayein synne | C |
For he strengtheth man to stonde and steereth mannes soule | B |
That though thi body bowe as boot dooth in the watre | E |
Ay is thi soule saaf but thow thiselve wole | B |
Folwe thi flessh and the fend after | E |
Do a deedly synne and drenche so thiselve | J |
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God wole suffre wel thi sleuthe if thiself liketh | D |
For he yaf thee to yeresyyve to yeme wel thiselve | J |
And that is wit and free will to every wight a porcion | C |
To fleynge foweles to fisshes and to beestes | G |
Ac man hath moost therof and moost is to blame | K |
But if he werche wel therwith as Dowel hym techeth ' | - |
I have no kynde knowyng ' quod I 'to conceyve alle thi wordes | G |
Ac if I may lyve and loke I shal go lerne bettre ' | - |
'I bikenne thee Crist ' quod he that on the cros deyde ' | - |
And I seide The same save yow fro myschaunce | G |
And yyve yow grace on this grounde goode men to worthe ' | - |
And thus I wente widewher walkyng myn one | C |
By a wilde wildernesse and by a wodes side | A |
Blisse of the briddes abide me made | A |
And under a lynde upon a launde lened I a stounde | A |
To lythe the layes tho lovely foweles made | A |
Murthe of hire mouthes made me ther to slepe | L |
The merveillouseste metels mette me thanne | C |
That ever dremed dr ight in doute as I wene | C |
A muche man as me thoughte lik to myselve | J |
Cam and called me by my kynde name | K |
' What art thow ' quod I tho ' that thow my name knowest ' | - |
'That thow woost wel ' quod he 'and no wight bettre ' | - |
'Woot I ' quod I 'who art thow ' 'Thought ' seide he thanne | C |
'I have sued thee this seven yeer seye thow me no rather ' | - |
'Art thow Thought ' quod I 'thoo thow koudest me wisse | G |
Where that Dowel dwelleth and do me to knowe ' | - |
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'Dowel ' quod he 'and Dobet and Dobest the thridde | A |
Arn thre faire vertues and ben noght fer to fynde | A |
Whoso is trewe of his tunge and of his two handes | G |
And thorugh his labour or thorugh his land his liflode wynneth | D |
And is trusty of his tailende taketh but his owene | C |
And is noght dronkelewe ne dedeynous Dowel hym folweth | D |
'Dobet dooth right thus ac he dooth muche moore | E |
He is as lowe as a lomb and lovelich of speche | M |
And helpeth alle men after that hem nedeth | D |
The bagges and the bigirdles he hath tobroke hem alle | B |
That the Erl Avarous heeld and hise heires | G |
And with Mammonaes moneie he hath maad hym frendes | G |
And is ronne into Religion and hath rendred the Bible | B |
And precheth to the peple Seint Poules wordes | G |
Libenter suffertis insipientes cum sitis ipsi sapientes | G |
Ye wise suffreth the unwise with yow to libbe | N |
And with glad wille dooth hem good for so God yow hoteth | D |
'Dobest is above bothe and bereth a bisshopes cro c e | O |
is hoked on that oon ende to halie men fro helle | B |
A pik is on that potente to pulte adown the wikked | A |
That waiten any wikkednesse Dowel to tene | C |
And Dowel and Dobet amonges hem ordeyned | A |
To crowne oon to be kyng to kepen hem bothe | D |
That if Dowel or Dobet dide ayein Dobest | A |
Thanne shal the kyng come and casten hem in irens | G |
And but if Dobest bede for hem thei to be ther for evere | E |
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Thus Dowel and Dobet and Dobest the thridde | A |
Crowned oon to be kyng to kepen hem alle | B |
And rule the reme by rede of hire wittes | G |
And ootherwise ne ellis noght but as thei thre assented ' | - |
I thonked Thoght tho that he me so taughte | A |
'Ac yet savoreth me noght thi seying so me Crist helpe | L |
For more kynde knowynge I coveite to lerne | C |
How Dowel Dobet and Dobest doon among the peple ' | - |
'But Wit konne wisse thee ' quod Thoght ' where tho thre dwelle | B |
Ellis n oot I noon that kan that now is alyve ' | - |
Thoght and I thus thre daies we yeden | C |
Disputyng upon Dowel day after oother | E |
And er we war were with Wit gonne we mete | A |
He was long and lene lik to noon oother | E |
Was no pride on his apparaille ne poverte neither | E |
Sad of his semblaunt and of a softe speche | M |
I dorste meve no matere to maken hym to jangle | B |
But as I bad Thoght thoo be mene bitwene | C |
And pute forth som purpos to preven hise wittes | G |
What was Dowel fro Dobet and Dobest from hem bothe | D |
Thanne Thoght in that tyme seide thise wordes | G |
' Wher Dowel and Dobet and Dobest ben in londe | A |
Here is Wil wolde wite if Wit koude teche | M |
And wheither he be man or no manthis man wolde as | G |
And werchen as thei thre wolde this is his entente ' | - |
William Langland
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