Early British Poetry: "Words That Burn"
- Author / Editor
- Johanson, Paula.
Early British Poetry: "Words That Burn"
- Published
- Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow, 2010.
- Physical Description
- 160 pp.; color illus.
- Series
- Poetry Rocks! Series.
- Description
- Introductory commentary on British poetry from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the works of John Keats, focusing on canonical works and writers. Chapter 2 (pp. 21-30) summarizes Chaucer's life and describes his iambic meter, explicating Truth (original and translation) and commenting on Adam and MercB.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Truth
- Style and Versification
- Adam Scriveyn
- Merciles Beaute
- Chaucer's Life