Ballades, French and English, and Chaucer's 'Scarcity' of Rhyme
- Author / Editor
- Davenport, W. A.
Ballades, French and English, and Chaucer's 'Scarcity' of Rhyme
- Published
- Parergon 18.1: 181-201, 2000.
- Description
- Argues that Chaucer uses rhyme words in the ballade form (Ros, Ven, For, Purse, Sted, Gent, Wom Nob, Buk, Scog, Truth, Wom Unc) for stylistic effects, not because of linguistic limitation. As a translator, Chaucer employs several methods of translation even within one text (Ven). He and contemporary translators make deliberate choices, exploring the richness of alternative rhyme sounds in English.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Style and Versification.
- Lyrics and Short Poems.
- Complaint of Venus.