The Canterbury Tales · Write your personal prologue imitating Chaucer’s style Each line must be...
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The Canterbury Tales “The Prologue”
By Geoffrey Chaucer
But none the less, while I have time and space,
Before my story takes a further pace,
It seems a reasonable thing to say
What their condition was, the full array
Of each of them, as it appeared to me,
According to profession and degree,
And what apparel they were riding in;
And at a Knight I therefore will begin.
“The Prologue” lines 35-42
But none the less, while I have time and space,
Before my story takes a further pace,
It seems a reasonable thing to say
What their condition was, the full array
Of each of them, as it appeared to me,
According to profession and degree,
And what apparel they were riding in;
And at a Knight I therefore will begin.
Consider rhythm and rhyme pattern?
Count the syllables
Label the rhyme scheme
Label the stress pattern
But none the less, while I have time and space, Before my story takes a further pace, It seems a reasonable thing to say What their condition was, the full array
10
10
Stress pattern = iambic pentameter
But none the less, while I have time and space,
Before my story takes a further pace,
It seems a reasonable thing to say
What their condition was, the full array
Of each of them, as it appeared to me,
According to profession and degree,
And what apparel they were riding in;
And at a Knight I therefore will begin.
Rhyme Scheme
A
A
B B
C
C
D
D
Write your personal prologue imitating Chaucer’s style
Each line must be 10 syllables and you must have rhyming couplets
You must write at least 20 lines
Include your positive and negative traits
Use your Journal #2 to help you.
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