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Midnitesun

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0 posted 2004-07-16 12:36 PM

Chaucerian Cataclism

Geoffrey, would you be proud of me today
if I re-told the Miller’s Tale with a new twist?

And anon flee a ferte...
yes, she did.

Or was that a special dispensation request
to a nun flea? an offerte (my offer/my plea),
please save yourself all that time and trouble,
go save a different soul than me?

Ok, so the grammar is a wee bit off(al)
and the rhythm isn’t even in the sink.
But I do think that you got the gist of the grist and mill,
and granted the award-winning golden saucer to Chaucer.

Thanks to Geoffrey Chaucer, for being such a good sport.

iliana
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1 posted 2004-07-16 01:56 AM

"Ok, so the grammar is a wee bit off(al)
and the rhythm isn’t even in the sink."

I think the rhythm is just fine
but not so sure Chaucer'd
make ample time
for saving souls
like yours and mine
anon
though grateful for
his spin within his time
I think I like yours better
Midnitesun!
lalelala lalo! and LOL!
jo

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2 posted 2004-07-16 12:17 PM

Loved this sassy saucer of Chaucer! lol

EA

kayjay
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3 posted 2004-07-16 08:45 PM

The Millere that for dronken was al pale,
So that unnethe upon his hors he sat,
He nolde avalen neither hood ne hat

Sounds like your Miller's a bit more sober than the original. Fun to read. KJ

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

Midnitesun

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4 posted 2004-07-16 08:52 PM

LOL, I sure hope so, Ken.
When I was in college, our lit class read much of Chaucer out loud, and the roars from our classroom when we read the Miller's Tale was heard all the way over to the next building.

Susan
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5 posted 2004-07-16 10:36 PM

Ha, I am ignorant of Chaucer (dare I admit that?). Perhaps I shall have to test the waters and see what all the fun is about.

Susan

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Midnitesun

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6 posted 2004-07-16 10:55 PM

Susan, you MUST read him.

kayjay
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7 posted 2004-07-17 12:51 PM

I've read Chaucer for pleasure (and masochistic neuroses for which I take medication), but I must confess I did better with
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
  And the mome raths outgrabe"

But the Miller's tale is good!  KJ

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

Martie

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8 posted 2004-07-17 12:58 PM

Kacy

I took a whole semester of Chaucer as an English Lit major...I didn't like it much at the time. Maybe I should read again...I think I still have the book. Big it was, and very heavy. Enjoyed your take on him!

Midnitesun

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9 posted 2004-07-18 01:24 AM

LOL, Ken, I want to hear you read him.
But wasn't this by Lewis Carroll?

quote:
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought--
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

Martie? Chaucer has to be read outloud, with a couple of very animated readers who are not afraid to read it in Middle tongue. LOL, I thought he was a riot!

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