The General Prologue

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literary work poetic prologue

The General Prologue is the opening section of Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, introducing the pilgrims and framing the storytelling journey to Canterbury.

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Label Occurrences
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales 6
The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales 3
The General Prologue canonical 2

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poetic prologue ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate late 14th century ⓘ
author Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
destination Shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationCentury 14th century ⓘ
frames storytelling contest among pilgrims ⓘ
functionInWork establishes narrative frame ⓘ
introduces pilgrims ⓘ
sets tone for The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
genre estates satire ⓘ
frame narrative ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn English narrative poetry ⓘ
character-based satire in English literature ⓘ
introducesCharacter Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clerk ⓘ
Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Friar ⓘ
Haberdasher ⓘ
Host NERFINISHED ⓘ
Knight ⓘ
Manciple ⓘ
Merchant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monk ⓘ
Pardoner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parson ⓘ
Physician ⓘ
Plowman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prioress NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reeve ⓘ
Sergeant of the Law ⓘ
Shipman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Squire ⓘ
Summoner ⓘ
Tapestry-Maker ⓘ
Weaver NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wife of Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yeoman ⓘ
language Middle English NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryDevice character sketch ⓘ
irony ⓘ
satire ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle English literature ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
narrator Chaucer the pilgrim NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfPilgrimsDescribed around 30 GENERATED ⓘ
openingLine Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote ⓘ
partOf The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTheme human nature and morality ⓘ
religion and piety ⓘ
social estates and classes ⓘ
rhymeScheme heroic couplets ⓘ
setsUp pilgrimage to Canterbury ⓘ
setting Tabard Inn, Southwark NERFINISHED ⓘ
verseForm rhyming couplets ⓘ
workByAuthor Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Squire → describedIn → The General Prologue ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Squire → firstAppearance → The General Prologue ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue
Host Harry Bailly → appearsInSection → The General Prologue ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Host Harry Bailly → firstAppearance → The General Prologue ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales
Chaucer the pilgrim → firstAppearsIn → The General Prologue ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Prioress → appearsIn → The General Prologue ⓘ
this entity surface form: The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Merchant → firstIntroducedIn → The General Prologue ⓘ
subject surface form: Merchant (The Canterbury Tales)
this entity surface form: General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Parson → describedIn → The General Prologue ⓘ
this entity surface form: The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Summoner → describedIn → The General Prologue ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Summoner → appearsInSection → The General Prologue ⓘ
Franklin → firstAppearance → The General Prologue ⓘ
this entity surface form: The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Franklin → describedIn → The General Prologue ⓘ
Reeve → appearsInSection → The General Prologue ⓘ
subject surface form: Reeve (The Canterbury Tales)
this entity surface form: General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales