The Trouthe/Routhe Rhyme in Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Author / Editor
Boynton, Owen.

Title
The Trouthe/Routhe Rhyme in Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde'

Published
Chaucer Review 45 (2010): 222-39.

Description
The "complex" trouthe/routhe rhyme tracks the stages in the lovers' relationship: from its beginnings, when Troilus's trouthe is pledged for Criseyde's routhe; to its consummation, when mutual compassion assures reciprocal honesty and fidelity; to its break-up, when the two rhyme words--along with Criseyde--are put back into circulation in "the world of intrigue, bargaining, and manipulation."

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde
Style and Versification
Language and Word Studies