The Wife Of Bath's Tale

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It’d come to no surprise to infer that everyone wishes they had a little sovereignty over someone else at one point in their lives. It is sovereignty that I believe originated this piece named, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”, by Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer’s poem, the last stanza particularly, includes many literary elements such as, rhyme, repetition, and more. The usage of rhyme and repetition and their presence in the piece are what led me to believe that Chaucer’s purpose of writing this poem was for the purpose of his displaying of the undeniable need to discuss women’s sovereignty through the use of his narrator in his poem. Most endings to literature pieces are typically one of the strongest sections of the text; this is also the case in Chaucer’s

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