Lesson 34
Q1.) Describe the form called a rime royal: meter, rhyme scheme, stanza form.
A1.) Rime royal is a stanza with seven lines of iambic pentameter rhyming ababbcc. The poem follows this form through the whole poem until the last stanza which only has 5 lines.
Q2.) What is the structure of the poem? How do the imagery and argument of each stanza develop and intensify the appeal?
A2.) The poem is structured into 4 stanzas and each stanza is another reason why he is complaining. Also, there is repetition on the last line of the first three stanzas. The imagery and argument of each stanza develops and intensifies the appeal because they describe why he is complaining and they give clearer reasons for why he is complaining. (lines 3, 10, 11, 19)
Q3.) In exploring the extended metaphor of the poem, consider how diction accounts for the humor of Chaucer’s parody.
A3.) Diction accounts for the humor of Chaucer’s parody because the many of the words are spelled wrong and the way they are pronounced or read makes them funny. Also, he appears to be very curt and strict with his “purse”; an inanimate object that doesn’t care if it is empty or not.
Q4.) How does the envoy continue the tone of the poem even as it addresses a specific person?
A4.) The envoy continues the tone of the poem because the author is continuing to request that something be fixed.
