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Middle English

Middle English. How to Pronounce. Stress on root syllables Less stress on subsequent syllables. Role in Canterbury Tales. Rhymed couplets 5 stresses with w/ regular alternation IAMBIC PENTAMETER 5 feet, or 5 sets of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line

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Middle English

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  1. Middle English

  2. How to Pronounce • Stress on root syllables • Less stress on subsequent syllables

  3. Role in Canterbury Tales • Rhymed couplets • 5 stresses with w/ regular alternation • IAMBIC PENTAMETER • 5 feet, or 5 sets of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line • line would have 5 feet of iambs, which is an unstressed and then a stressed syllable. • If you would put the key inside the lock • if YOU | would PUT | the KEY | inSIDE | the LOCK • da DUM | da DUM | da DUM | da DUM | da DUM • Standard English poetic line • Perhaps intro’d in English by Chaucer?

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