Days and Months in Chaucer's Poems.
- Author / Editor
- Wilson, William S.
Days and Months in Chaucer's Poems.
- Published
- American Notes and Queries 4.6 (1966): 83-84.
- Description
- Observes the presence of "symmetrical numbers" in the dates mentioned in Chaucer's poetry, e.g., third day of the third month equals May 3 when the annual calendar began in March rather than January. Comments on HF, TC, KnT, MerT, and FranT, as well as the use of such numbers in other literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- House of Fame
Troilus and Criseyde
Knight and His Tale
Merchant and His Tale
Franklin and His Tale