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On Aug 25, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Hyman, Eric wrote:
> Neither Browning nor Shade’s verse is heroic couplets (as some say),
> because of that enjambment,
and Chaucer too?
from the Knight's Portrait
Ful ofte tyme he hade the bord bigonne
Aboven alle nacions in Pruce;
...
In Gernade at the seege eek hadde he be
Of Algezir, and riden in Belmarye.
...
And foughten for oure feith at Tramyssene
In lystes thries, and ay slayn his foo.
This ilke worthy knyght hadde been also
Somtyme with the lord of Palatye
Agayn another hethen in Turkye;
...
He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde
In al his lyf unto no maner wight.
...
Of fustian he wered a gypon
Al bismotered with his habergeon,
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> Neither Browning nor Shade’s verse is heroic couplets (as some say),
> because of that enjambment,
and Chaucer too?
from the Knight's Portrait
Ful ofte tyme he hade the bord bigonne
Aboven alle nacions in Pruce;
...
In Gernade at the seege eek hadde he be
Of Algezir, and riden in Belmarye.
...
And foughten for oure feith at Tramyssene
In lystes thries, and ay slayn his foo.
This ilke worthy knyght hadde been also
Somtyme with the lord of Palatye
Agayn another hethen in Turkye;
...
He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde
In al his lyf unto no maner wight.
...
Of fustian he wered a gypon
Al bismotered with his habergeon,
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