Analysis of The Love Unfeigned

Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 (London) – 1400 (London)



O YONGE fresshe folkes, he or she,
In which that love up groweth with your age,
Repeyreth hoom from worldly vanitee,
And of your herte up-casteth the visage
To thilke god that after his image
Yow made, and thinketh al nis but a fayre
This world, that passeth sone as floures fayre.

And loveth him, the which that right for love
Upon a cros, our soules for to beye,
First starf, and roos, and sit in hevene a-bove;
For he nil falsen no wight, dar I seye,
That wol his herte al hoolly on him leye.
And sin he best to love is, and most meke,
What nedeth feyned loves for to seke?


Scheme XXXAABB XCXCCDD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 011111111 111101 011111010 111110110 110111101 11111111 011011111 0101101111 1101010101 111111111 111111111 0111111011 1111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 584
Words 115
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 7
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 222
Words per stanza (avg) 57
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. more…

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