Behold the woes of matrimonial life
- DMI number:
- 8384
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Behold the woes of matrimonial life
- Last Line:
- And bless those souls my conduct helped to save
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Comic verse, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Marriage
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wife of Bath. Twickenham edition II.
- Translated from:
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Behold the woes of matrimonial life
- Last Line:
- And opened to the tale a self-sufficient ear
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poetical Miscellanies consisting of original poems and translations [N37755]
- Page No(s):
- pp.8-20
- Poem Title:
- The Wife of Bath Her Prologue; From Chaucer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The merry fellow [T128505] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.148-159
- Poem Title:
- The Wife of Bath.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [ESTC T41629]
- Page No(s):
- pp.60-76
- Poem Title:
- Tale VII. The Wife of Bath.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T86635]
- Page No(s):
- pp.60-76
- Poem Title:
- Tale VII. The Wife of Bath.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poetical Miscellanies consisting of original poems and translations [T133656]
- Page No(s):
- pp.3-27
- Poem Title:
- The Wife of Bath Her Prologue, from Chaucer.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- Poetical Miscellanies consisting of original poems and translations [T75180]
- Page No(s):
- pp.3-27
- Poem Title:
- The Wife of Bath Her Prologue from Chaucer.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- Poetical Miscellanies, consisting of original poems and translations [T75179]
- Page No(s):
- pp.3-22
- Poem Title:
- The Wife of Bath Her Prologue, From Chaucer.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- The muse in good humour [T100480] [vol II]
- Page No(s):
- pp.265-280
- Poem Title:
- The Wife of Bath's Tale. From Chaucer.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- The works of Mr. Alexander Pope. To which are added, I. Coopers-Hill. By Sir John Denham. II. An Essay on Translated Verse... [ESTC T5394]
- Page No(s):
- p.159-172
- Poem Title:
- The Wife of Bath. From Chaucer.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Alexander Pope (title page)
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue.
Pope. Wife of Bath.
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