The Versification of 'The Canterbury Tales': A Computer-based Statistical Study
- Author / Editor
- Barber, Charles,and Nicolas Barber.
The Versification of 'The Canterbury Tales': A Computer-based Statistical Study
- Published
- Leeds Studies in English 21 (1990): 81-101.
- Description
- Through a computer count of the syllabic length of 15,294 verses of CT, Barber challenges J. G. Southworth's hypothesis that unstresses final "-e" was not pronounced in Chaucer's verse. The results suggest that syllabic symmetry could have been maintained only if about 27 percent of the final "-e"s were pronounced.
- Contributor
- Barber, Nicolas.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification.