Behold the woes of matrimonial life
- DMI number:
- 18377
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Behold the woes of matrimonial life
- Last Line:
- And opened to the tale a self-sufficient ear
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Couplet, and Prologue
- Themes:
- Marriage and Sex / relations between the sexes
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wife of Bath. Twickenham edition II.
- Translated from:
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- George Ogle
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Behold the woes of matrimonial life
- Last Line:
- And bless those souls my conduct helped to save
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, modernis'd [Vol. II] [ESTC T75505]
- Page No(s):
- pp.123-139
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the Wife of Bath's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand [i.e. Pope] [From p. 138] Continu'd by Mr. Ogle.
- Attributed To:
- George OgleAlexander Pope
- Title:
- The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, modernis'd by several hands [Vol III] [ESTC T75503]
- Page No(s):
- pp.51-75
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the Wife of Bath's Tale.
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand [i.e. Pope] Continu'd by Mr. Ogle.
- Attributed To:
- George OgleAlexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Chaucer. Canterbury Tales. Wife of Bath's Prologue
Pope. Wife of Bath.
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