'Sith' and 'Syn' in Chaucer's 'Troilus'
- Author / Editor
- Smith, Macklin.
'Sith' and 'Syn' in Chaucer's 'Troilus'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 26 (1992): 266-82.
- Description
- Chaucer uses the word "syn" in TC ninety-nine times; the word "sith," thirty-one times. The former not only designates "since," but also reinforces the morality--or lack thereof--in the poem. The final "syn" clause is connected with Christ to remind the audience that love of Christ overpowers sin.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.
- Language and Word Studies.