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Chaucer's Words to His Scrivener

Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 (London) – 1400 (London)

Adam Scrivener, if ever it thee befall
Boece or Troilus for to write anew,
Under thy long locks thou may'st have the scall
But after my making thou write more true!
So oft a day I must thy work renew,
It to correct, and eke to rub and scrape;
And all is through thy negligence and rape.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABABBCC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 288
Words 59
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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