The Rude Sweetness: A Study of Chaucer's Prosody and of Its Examiners
- Author / Editor
- Gilbert, Dorothy.
The Rude Sweetness: A Study of Chaucer's Prosody and of Its Examiners
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 37 (1976): 288A.
- Description
- Chaucer's line shows tension between accentual-syllabic meter and strong stress. The result is a complex prosody full of variety. Chaucer's prosody should be studied in texts that use the virgule because modern punctuation blurs the prosody.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification.