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1513:The Man of Law's Tale
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816:Worship, O mountains,
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1578:The Tale of Melibee
1568:The Prioress's Tale
1558:The Pardoner's Tale
1548:The Franklin's Tale
1538:The Merchant's Tale
1528:The Summoner's Tale
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788:O Senhor das vidas;
779:Tambem as verduras,
777:O Deos das alturas,
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339:The Rape of Lucrece
334:William Shakespeare
270:Pastime of Pleasure
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1767:The Plowman's Tale
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1563:The Shipman's Tale
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792:Louvae nas alturas
790:Ribeiras crescidas
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262:The Bowge of Court
239:Romans of Partenay
149:In Praise of Peace
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1622:Other works
1358:Cross rhyme
1270:Rhyme royal
761:Gil Vicente
443:W. B. Yeats
429:W. H. Auden
373:Restoration
363:John Milton
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326:John Davies
322:Elizabethan
140:ottava rima
20:Rhyme royal
1924:Categories
1573:Sir Thopas
1477:Canterbury
1353:Consonance
1320:Villanelle
1310:Terza rima
1295:Tail rhyme
1255:Quatorzain
926:References
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349:wrote his
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123:, and the
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24:rime royal
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1343:Assonance
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278:Induction
260:(e.g. in
228:Generides
71:narrative
1846:Scribe D
1794:Language
1703:Spurious
1414:Syllabic
1371:Holorime
1265:Quintain
1260:Quatrain
1240:Cinquain
1235:Chaubola
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393:Romantic
379:Revivals
276:(in the
223:romances
99:and the
67:quatrain
63:couplets
61:and two
1865:Related
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1280:Sestain
1245:Couplet
1207:Stanzas
559:meldrop
553:drowpit
534:fronsit
502:tendyte
487:Priamus
332:and by
328:in his
163:couplet
136:Italian
132:ballade
84:History
78:couplet
73:poems.
35:English
28:rhyming
26:) is a
1884:(wife)
1330:Rhymes
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1285:Sestet
1250:Ghazal
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129:French
119:, the
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1935:Rhyme
1896:(son)
1753:Tales
1665:Boece
1479:Tales
1466:Works
882:glosa
573:speir
993:PMLA
868:The
577:lang
575:als
548:His
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538:lyre
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