The Franklin’s Tale (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Short fiction, Poetry, Frame story, Narrative poetry
The Poem
“The Franklin’s Tale” is one of the stories in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, a work in Middle English that, though unfinished, is considered one of the masterpieces of English literature. Like most of The Canterbury Tales, “The Franklin’s Tale” is written in iambic pentameter couplets. It is 896 lines in length. Although the poet was working on The Canterbury Tales from the 1380’s until the year of his death, this story cannot be dated with any certainty. It is also a matter of conjecture as to where Chaucer meant to...
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