Chaucer's Swallow and Dove "Sittynge on a berne" ("MilT", I, 3258, "Pard Prol", VI, 397).
- Author / Editor
- Rowland, Beryl.
Chaucer's Swallow and Dove "Sittynge on a berne" ("MilT", I, 3258, "Pard Prol", VI, 397).
- Published
- Notes and Queries 209 (1964): 48-49.
- Description
- Argues that Chaucer's references to a swallow in Alison's song (MilT 1. 3257-58) and to a dove in the Pardoner's claim about preaching (PardP 6.397) are suggestive, and may well derive from his familiarity with the two birds.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale
Pardoner and His Tale
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