Shipman's Tale

1. VersesinVogue
Interpretation
Comparison
Word Choice

2. “Notonlymygold,butmychaffáre”
“NOT CONVINCED”
“POORCHOICE”
Reviews:
“OPEN TO
INTERPRETATION”
“LOVEDIT”
14
It means:
Merchandise
Merchandise means:
goods
Back then:
Goods = women
Chaffáre:

3. “Theysworn,andhereupontheykissed”
13
Marriage imagery
“THISISIMPORTANT!”
“SNEAKY”
“INTIMATE”
“FORESHADOWING?”
Sealing the deal
Making a vow
Going back on their
own vows
Reviews:

4. “AtacertaindayIwillyoupay”
13
“MAYBEIT WASAN ACCIDENT”
“SUS”
“GRABBEDMY ATTENTION!”
“CREATIVE”
Ambiguous
Could be any point in
time
Up to Daun John
Only character to get
a name
A Certain DayReviews:

5. “Greetwellourdame”
15
“WOWI NEVER EVEN NOTICED”
“SHOCKING!”
“SO CASUAL”
“WHATIS HE SAYINGTO HISFRIEND?”
Our = both of us
Dame = woman /
taken woman
A woman we’ve both
known
Reviews:Our dame

6. “Anotherpayenforourcost/orlendusgold”
12
Pronouns not
congruent with story
Not a character, but
the narrator
The speaker is not the
Shipman
A woman?
Our / Us
“WHY??”
“UNBELIEVABLE”
“I GUESS…”
“SO TRUE!!!!”
Reviews:

7. ThroughoutthePoem
15
02
“I” / “Our” / “Us”
“My lord Daun John was come
again”
Why is this even
important?
What does this
mean to the
overall story?
How come this
only happens in
this story?
“No more of him I say”15
14
“This noble monk of which I you
devise”
12
53
“I let them eat and drink and
play”
12
64
The Narrator: