This is an analysis of Good Counsel Of Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Flee from the press, and dwell with soothfastness;
Suffice thee thy good, though it be small;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaabB cacaabB XacaabB
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,
  • Metre: 1001110100 011101001 1111110100 11101101101 101111101 1110110111 11110100011 111110001 0100110101 111001010 0110010101 111101001 110110101 11110100011 1101010100 01000011001 1011101100 110111011 1111111101 111111111 11110100011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

and, thee, thy