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- 1'Noon oother lyfe is worth a bene for wedlock is so esy and so clene'Simplistic syntax, rhyme of bean and clean melodic.
- 2Merchant describes Eeve as 'his paradys terrestre' 'By good conseil of his mooder Rebekke.'Biblical references to heaven suggests the supposed ebullience of marriage this is undercut by the unscrupulous nature of these women
- 3''Old fish and young flesh wold I have fayn ''Better a pyk than a pykreel' 'It is but bean straw and great forage'Animalistic references to women shows how he's detached women from any human features, exhibits his his wife must be excluded from all of these negative connotations.
- 4‘Right as men may warm wex with handes plye’Metaphor of moulding wax, manipulation and how a man has the ability to utilise women, ironic because he will have no control over his wife.
- 5'But that ye been so ful of sapience (...) for your high prudence' 'There nays no man in Ytallie that koude bet han said' 'Your hert hangeth a joly pin'Sycophantic Placebo praises Januarie the efficacious adjectives are ironically used for personal gains.
'Joly pin'- merry shows how Januarie will be delighted with a young wife. - 6'Senek wordes wyse seith a man oghte hynm right wel avys to whom he yveth his lond or his catel.'-References to authorities Seneca Justinus exhorts how one must be cautious of a wife.
- 7'a waster of thy good, or riche or poor, or else Mannish wood'Mannish wood, man crazy, shows how women were sexually enthusiastic.
- 8'Straw for Senek and thy proverbsNeglecting of Senecas warning exhibits his pride.
- 9'Took a mirrour polisshed bright and sette it in a commune market place'Metaphor and financial lexis reflects the Merchants profession but also how women are a mere commodity that one may purchase.
- 10'hir fresshe beauty and hir age tendre hire armes longe and sklendre.' 'hir wise gouverne hir womanly berynge and hire sadnesse'Vivid description of the beauty of women, anaphora emphasises he is strikes by her elaborate beauty and ponders upon her. The detail of her looks followed by her inner attributes undermines Januarie.
- 11'One thing priketh in my conscience, no man han parfite blisses in erthe and eek in hevene.'Januarie is contemplating theologial concerns, he believes that a wife will bring him ultimate mirth and joy on earth that he will not deserve any more in heaven.
- 12'she may be your purgatorie she may be goddes meene and goddes whippe.' 'Thanne shal youre soul up to hevene skippe.'January illustrates the jeopardy of a wife compares her to the feared destination purgatory and also a means of gods punishment
Then shall your soul skip up to heaven. - 13'ther nys no greet felicitee in marriage ne nevereforewarned by Justinus that there's no great happiness in marriage.
- 14'Every scrit and bond by which she was feffed on his lond.'legal lexis exhibits the nature of this marriage, a contract may was essentially bought.
- 15'made al sicker ynough with hoolynesse.'Priest like a sealing tape conceals the real nature of this marriage, its merely a means for sexual pleasure.
- 16'Bacus the wyn hem shinketh al aboute.'Bacchus the wine he shakes it all about exhibits all of h
- 17'Ymneous the god of weddying so nevere in his lyfe so myrie a wedded man.'The god of the hymen, sexual god observed his happiness exhibits Januarie's true intentions and his joy are linked only to his sexual
- 18'ther is swich mirth that it may not be writen.' 'Assayeth it yourself than may ye witen.'Merchant is mocking the wedding exhibiting how truly
- 19'Harder than evere Paris dide EleyneIntertextual reference to Paris and Helen of Troy emphasises his self deceit.
- 20'At every time he looked on hir face in his herte he gan hire to menace.'Menace- devour her, sense of jeopardy thoughts are solely focused on his intentions for the night
- 21‘he drynketh ypocras clarree and vernage’Sexual stimulants, exhibits his impotency the asyndetic listing exhibits the numerous different stimulants he requires to enable him to perform.
- 22Studies the book 'De Caitu' by the 'cursed monk daun Constantin.'Religious deception Catholicism was very rigid concerning sexual rules, emphasises the degree of deception in the poem.
- 23'Lyk to the skyn of houndfysh.' ''Thus laboureth he til the day gan dewe'Labours until the day dawns.
- 24'Slakke skyn about his neck shaketh'Aliteration- harshness emphasises the discomfort May feels.
- 25'Thus laboureth he til the day gan dawe'So he labours til the day gone down, work lexis exhibits a sense of struggle.
- 26'January has wedded fresshe May in two of Tawr and Cancre glided.'Astrological Allusion, Occurred when Mars was in conjunction with Venus- Mars the god of war Venus god of love-- proleptic of their relationships.
- 27How he wroghte I dar nat to yow telleHow he worked- I dare not tell you, narrative tropes.
- 28'He made a garden al waled with stoon'Stone acts as a physical barrier, entraps May but also conceals himself from the public eye in order to perform actions forbidden by the Catholic church. in London had their gardens walled with stones, people complained to their local Assise of Nuisance about neighbours with prying eyes.
- 29Priapus ne myghte nat suffisePriapus- god of the phallus also the god of gardens, shows how there's a link with sex and this garden
- 30O thou fortune unstable lyk to the scorpion so deceyvableScorpions are sinister, despite they seem harmless they 'sting'
- 31Thy tayl is deethLiteral reference to scorpions they sting with their tail unexpectedly, this scorpion could even be a reference to May herself.
- 32'he nolde suffre hire to ryde or go but if had a hond on hire alway.'Places a hand on her, restraint- lack of trust ironic because Januaries encomium about marriage spoke extensivey of the virtues of a wife.
- 33'Al myn heritage toun and tour.'Commits to leave all for her.
- 34'ye ben so depe enprented in my thoght.'For some this is a clear indication that Januarie has fallen for her, 'enprented' shows she's left an impression on him.
- 35'ravisshed out of ethna, (...) the king of fairye thanne hym sette upon a bench of turf fressh and grene.'Parallels between him and Januarie both have stolen their spouse, reference to greeness and fruitfulness could refer back to Januarie's self deception concerning his sexual potency, 'myn herte and alle my lymes been as grene.'
- 36When he sees the lechery, her 'rorying and a cry' (...) 'as dooth mooder whan the child shal dye.'Posessiveness, anger.
- 37'God helpe me I am yvele apayd.'God help me I am very sorry.
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