Personal Prologue Imitating Chaucer's Style
Explore the art of writing a personal prologue in the style of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'. Dive into a creative journey using iambic pentameter and rhyming couplets to reflect your positive and negative traits in 20 lines. Let the words flow in a poetic fashion reminiscent of Chaucer's classic work.
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The Canterbury Tales The Prologue By Geoffrey Chaucer {
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.
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
10 But none the less, while I have time and space, 10 Before my story takes a further pace, It seems a reasonable thing to say 10 What their condition was, the full array 10 Stress pattern = iambic pentameter
Rhyme Scheme A 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. A B B C C D D
Assignment: 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 HINTS: Write in pencil Write it out, count, add adjectives
Bushs Personal Prologue There once was an English teacher named Bush. The kids thought her class was easy and cush. If only they knew, she was mean and fierce, The small student s hopeful hearts she would pierce. She graded like a nazi and would make The lax students cry for each their own sake. EXAMPLE
