Question
Explain the excerpts of poems given below with reference to their context:
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Word Count : 451
These lines are taken from Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, specifically from “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale,” a satirical and allegorical beast fable written in Middle English. The tale blends humor, wit, and social commentary and uses anthropomorphic animals to reflect human follies. In this passage, the hen Pertelote is speaking to the rooster Chauntecleer. The lines in modern English read roughly as: *"Now, sir,” she said, “when we flee from the beams (of the stars), ______ _____ _________ ______ __________ ________ ___ __________ __________ _________.
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These lines are taken from Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, specifically from “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale,” a satirical and allegorical beast fable written in Middle English. The tale blends humor, wit, and social commentary and uses anthropomorphic animals to reflect human follies. In this passage, the hen Pertelote is speaking to the rooster Chauntecleer. The lines in modern English read roughly as: *"Now, sir,” she said, “when we flee from the beams (of the stars), ______ _____ _________ ______ __________ ________ ___ __________ __________ _________.
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