The Rude Sweetness: A Study of Chaucer's Prosody and of Its Examiners

Author / Editor
Gilbert, Dorothy.

Title
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.